Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest | Competition Registration

Participant Agreement:

Please read the Participant Agreement below. If you accept it, acknowledge by picking 'I Accept' from the drop-down menu below the agreement.

By registering to participate as a competitor in Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, you grant Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, and its affiliates and assigns, the right to print, publish, broadcast, and use, worldwide in any media now known or hereafter developed, including but not limited to the World Wide Web, at any time or times, your name, portrait, picture, voice, likeness, biographical information, and all other information provided on your registration form as news or information and for promotional purposes without additional consideration. Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest may also make use of information you provide consistent with Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest's Privacy Policy which is incorporated into this Agreement by reference.

You understand and acknowledge that Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest, its board members, officers, sponsors, judges, coaches, and organizers are volunteers and are under no obligation to render any advice or service to you or any other competitor. The views expressed by these people are their own and not those of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest.

As a registered participant, you take sole responsibility for protecting your rights or the rights of third parties in any intellectual property involved in the business described in submitted business plans. You also take sole responsibility for determining whether any third party has rights in any such intellectual property, notifying any such third party of inclusion of any disclosure of that intellectual property in a submitted business plan, and obtaining any necessary permissions from such third party. Further, you are cautioned that disclosure of intellectual property in your submission may compromise or destroy those rights. Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest is not responsible for the content of any submitted business plan or protection thereof, including disclosures relating to intellectual property.

You further understand, acknowledge, and agree that although the organizers of the competition will take reasonable steps to preserve the confidentiality to the concepts, ideas, and potential trade secrets contained in materials submitted as part of the competition, none of the board members, officers, sponsors, judges, coaches, and organizers of Great Lakes Entrepreneur's Quest are or will be liable for any loss, damage, or cost you may suffer by reason of the disclosure of these concepts, ideas, or trade secrets, the legal protection of which are your sole responsibility. Accordingly, and in consideration of the time and effort provided by such persons, you release and discharge each such person from any such loss, damage, or cost relating to or arising out of any such person's participation in the competition.