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The agreement between us. If you subscribe, join the community, book a session, or buy anything here, these are the terms you’re agreeing to. Read them — especially the parts about payment, refunds, and what this work is and isn’t promising you.
Last updated · July 2, 2026
Sovern LLC · Arizona, USA
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Agreement to these terms
These Terms & Conditions (“Terms”) govern your use of the website, the newsletter, the community, and all products, courses, sessions, and services offered by Sovern LLC (the “Company,” “we,” “us,” or “I”).
By accessing the site, subscribing, or purchasing anything, you agree to these Terms and to the Privacy Policy. If you don’t agree, please don’t use the site or the offers.
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Who can use this
You must be at least 18 years old and able to enter a binding contract to purchase any product, membership, cohort, or session. By buying, you confirm that you meet this requirement and that the information you provide is accurate.
You’re responsible for keeping your account credentials secure and for all activity that happens under your account.
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What we offer
Depending on what you sign up for, the offers may include:
The newsletter — writing and updates delivered by email, including the founders’ individual newsletters.
The community — a membership space for people building voice-first work.
The Sovern Creator — a six-week, live, cohort-based program.
The Sovern Residency — a year-long residency for creators building and running like a company.
Sovern Publishing — publishing services and the Author’s Guide for authoring and owning your book.
The Sovern Investment Fund — creator-backing activity, described in Section 20.
The Practice — one-on-one advising, offered as single sessions or custom engagements shaped to your needs.
Products — digital and physical goods released from time to time.
Details, formats, and pricing for each offer are described where it’s sold. I may add, change, or discontinue offers at any time.
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Payment & billing
Prices are listed at the point of purchase and may change over time. The price you agree to at checkout is the price that applies to that purchase.
Payments are processed securely by our third-party payment processor. By purchasing, you authorize the charge to your chosen payment method.
Subscriptions renew automatically at the interval shown (for example, monthly or annually) until you cancel. You authorize recurring charges until cancellation.
You’re responsible for any applicable taxes and for keeping your payment details current.
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Payment plans
Some offers may be available on a payment plan. If you choose to pay by installments, you’re committing to the full fee for that offer — not buying a per-installment right to cancel. By selecting a plan, you authorize each scheduled installment to be charged on its due date.
Remaining installments stay payable in full whether or not you attend, complete, or withdraw. If a payment fails or is missed, I may pause or withdraw your access to the offer, community, and materials until it’s resolved, without affecting the amount you still owe.
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No refunds
All sales are final. Payments for The Sovern Creator cohort and The Practice (single sessions and custom engagements) are non-refundable — including for missed sessions, unused portions, or a change of mind after purchase. Please make sure an offer is right for you before you buy; reach out with questions first.
For subscriptions, cancelling stops future renewals but does not refund the current billing period. Where a refund is ever offered, it is at my sole discretion and is not a waiver of this policy. Nothing here limits rights you may have that cannot be waived under applicable law.
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Cancellation, rescheduling & expiry
Subscriptions — you can cancel anytime; access continues until the end of the paid period, and it won’t renew after that.
Rescheduling — you may reschedule a session at no charge up to 24 hours before its scheduled start. Email me as early as you can.
Late cancellations & no-shows — cancelling within 24 hours of a session, or not attending without notice, counts as a used session; no refund or replacement is provided.
Session expiry — where an engagement includes multiple sessions, they must be booked and used within the window stated at purchase (or, if none is stated, within 6 months). Unused sessions after that are forfeited. Extensions are at my discretion in exceptional cases.
Cohorts — once a cohort is purchased, your seat is reserved and payment is non-refundable, regardless of attendance.
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Community conduct
The community only works if it stays a place worth being in. When participating, you agree to:
Treat others with respect — no harassment, hate, or personal attacks.
Keep it relevant and constructive — no spam, solicitation, or self-promotion outside designated spaces.
Respect privacy — don’t share other members’ words or information outside the community without permission.
Follow the law and any additional community guidelines posted in the space.
I may remove content or suspend or terminate access — without refund — for conduct that violates these Terms or harms the community.
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Recordings & confidentiality
Live sessions, calls, and community discussions may be recorded so participants can revisit them. By joining a session, cohort, or the community, you consent to being recorded, and you acknowledge that recordings are owned by the Company and provided for your personal use only — they may not be shared or distributed.
Sessions and the community may involve seeing other people’s work, questions, and situations. You agree to keep anything personal, professional, or confidential that others share private, and not to reproduce or use it outside the space.
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Intellectual property
All content — writing, courses, session materials, recordings, frameworks, designs, the name SOVERN, and related marks — is owned by the Company or its licensors and protected by intellectual property law.
When you purchase an offer, you receive a personal, non-transferable, non-exclusive license to access and use the materials for your own use. Without my written permission, you may not:
copy, publish, distribute, sell, license, or share paid materials with any third party;
use the materials, frameworks, or methodologies to create, market, or sell a competing course, program, community, or coaching offer; or
teach or present the frameworks or methodologies to others for payment.
This section survives the end of, or your withdrawal from, any offer.
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Your content
Anything you post or submit in the community or during a session remains yours. By sharing it, you grant the Company a non-exclusive license to display and use it as needed to operate the community and deliver the service. You’re responsible for what you share and confirm you have the right to share it.
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Educational purpose & no guarantees
The work is educational and informational. It reflects my experience and opinions, and is not professional, legal, financial, medical, or tax advice.
I share strategies and frameworks that have worked for me and others — but results depend on you, your effort, and factors outside anyone’s control. I make no guarantee of any specific outcome, income, audience growth, or success. Any examples are illustrations, not promises.
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Third-party services
The offers rely on third-party platforms (for example, for the newsletter, community, and payments). Your use of those platforms is also subject to their terms. I’m not responsible for their availability, actions, or policies, and links to other sites are provided for convenience only.
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Disclaimers
The site and all offers are provided “as is” and “as available,” without warranties of any kind, express or implied, including merchantability, fitness for a particular purpose, and non-infringement. I don’t warrant that the site will be uninterrupted, error-free, or secure.
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Limitation of liability
To the fullest extent permitted by law, the Company will not be liable for any indirect, incidental, consequential, or punitive damages, or for lost profits or lost opportunities, arising from your use of the site or the offers.
My total liability for any claim relating to an offer will not exceed the amount you paid for that offer in the twelve months before the claim.
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Indemnification
You agree to indemnify and hold harmless the Company and its team from any claims, losses, or expenses (including reasonable legal fees) arising from your misuse of the site or offers, your violation of these Terms, or your infringement of anyone’s rights.
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Governing law & disputes
These Terms are governed by the laws of the State of Arizona, United States, without regard to its conflict-of-laws rules. Any dispute will be resolved in the state or federal courts located in Arizona, and you consent to their jurisdiction.
Before filing anything, please contact me — most issues can be resolved directly and in good faith.
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Changes to these terms
I may update these Terms as the work evolves or the law changes. When I do, I’ll revise the “last updated” date above. Continued use after an update means you accept the revised Terms.
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General
If any part of these Terms is found unenforceable, the rest still applies. My not enforcing a provision isn’t a waiver of it. These Terms, together with the Privacy Policy and any offer-specific terms, are the entire agreement between us.
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The Fund
Some of the work involves The Fund — Sovern’s creator-backing activity, where the Company may, entirely at its own discretion, put its own capital and support behind founders and creators building a body of work.
This is not an offer or a solicitation. Nothing on this site, in an application, or in any related material is an offer to sell, or a solicitation of an offer to buy, any security, fund interest, or investment. The Fund is not a pooled investment vehicle open to outside investors, and no securities are being offered here.
This is not investment advice. The Company is not a registered investment adviser, broker-dealer, or financial adviser, and nothing here is investment, legal, financial, or tax advice. Any backing is made with the Company’s own capital, on terms set out in a separate written agreement.
An application, pitch, or expression of interest does not create any agreement or obligation. In particular:
Applying does not entitle you to funding, a response, a meeting, or any commitment from the Company.
The Company may review, decline, or set aside any submission for any reason, or no reason, and is under no obligation to explain a decision.
Backing becomes binding only when set out in a separate, signed written agreement. Until that exists, nothing discussed or exchanged is a commitment by either side.
Please don’t send anything you consider confidential or proprietary. Unless we’ve signed an agreement stating otherwise, submissions are received on a non-confidential basis and the Company takes on no duty of confidentiality with respect to them — though any personal data is handled as described in the Privacy Policy.
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Unsolicited ideas & submissions
The Company develops, evaluates, and backs a great many ideas on its own and through others. An idea, concept, business plan, or proposal you send may resemble something the Company is already working on, or later pursues, purely through independent development or coincidence.
By submitting any idea, pitch, or material — solicited or not — you agree that it is provided voluntarily and on a non-confidential, non-obligatory basis; that you are not entitled to any fee, equity, credit, or acknowledgment for it; and that you gain no claim against the Company if it independently develops or pursues something similar. You keep ownership of your own work — this section is about not creating obligations from an unsolicited submission alone, not about transferring your rights.
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Contact
Questions about these Terms? Reach me at: