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In the event of any possible dispute arising from this agreement, or the breach thereof, both parties shall use their best efforts to settle the disagreement in good faith. In the event of any unresolved disagreement, these concerns must be elevated to a customer service representative and a case number will be created. This will create a record of the issue, which will be escalated to management. If a resolution has not been reached within 24 hours, then you may contact management directly via email at our contact us page. Our goal is to discuss the matter in good faith, recognize our mutual interests, and attempt to reach a just and equitable solution, satisfactory to both parties. We believe that as long as we are being reasonable, that 99.9% of the time we will reach an agreement. Unfortunately, in a few cases we may not reach such solution; then, upon notice by either party to the other, this dispute shall be settled only by the arbitration process administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration rules.
This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. The parties acknowledge that this agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. The United States Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and proceedings pursuant to the arbitration clause in this agreement.
Spearhead Certifications only bills our clients our fee to perform the services selected. All filing fees are the sole responsibility of the client.
When placing your order you will be given access to templates and tools on our website to assist in processing your order. These templates and tools are the intellectual property of Spearhead Solutions Inc., and thus access to these tools is considered to be a portion of the service for which you have made payment. If you cancel the order prior to delivery we will issue a partial refund based on the following processing phases:
Our business plan writers strive to prepare the most effective plan for your organization at an affordable price. However, in order to do so we require that you provide quality, comprehensive information to be included therein. While we may advise you on what information may create greater opportunities for success, your business plan is ultimately a compilation of your company’s approved processes and methods, and thus the writer cannot facilitate your organization’s business development. Any opinion pertaining to business or organizational development is offered on a strictly voluntary and personal basis and not as a part of our service. Please keep in mind that the success of the plan will be a direct result of the quality of information provide to our writers. As such, we cannot guarantee results from private lenders, government agencies, or any other party. We are not an executive consulting company (which will typically charge between $3,000 to $5,000 for a business plan), and because our fees are very affordable, our services are limited depending on the specific business plan package that was purchased.
Confidentiality Agreement: Spearhead Solutions Inc. agrees that the confidential information is to be considered confidential and proprietary to business owner and BizCentral USA shall hold the same in confidence, shall not use the confidential information other than for the purposes of developing the business plan, and shall disclose it only to its officers and employees with a specific need to know.
Basic Business Plan Package – This package is recommended for start-up organizations whose estimated gross receipts are below $300,000 over the next three years. It includes a business plan that follows the SBA’s recommended format, 3-year financial projections, basic market segmentation, basic demographics, and 3 hours of writing and research.
Business Plan Package Plus – This package is recommended for all organizations whose total gross receipts are below $500,000 per year over the next three years. It includes a business plan that follows the SBA’s recommended format, 3-year financial projections, basic market segmentation, basic demographics, and 5 hours of writing and research. We will convert the final approved business plan into a PowerPoint presentation with identical content to the approved business plan.
Business Plan Premium Package – This package is recommended for all organizations whose total gross receipts are below $1,000,000 per year over the next five years. It includes a business plan that follows the SBA’s recommended format, 5-year financial projections, advanced market segmentation, advanced demographics, and 8 hours of writing and research. We will convert the final approved business plan into a PowerPoint presentation with identical content to the approved business plan. This package includes an additional 2-hour revision retainer that can be used any time within 6 months of the ship date of the business plan.
Business Plan Investor Package – This package is recommended for organizations whose total gross receipts are above $1,000,000 per year over the next five years. It includes a business plan that follows the SBA’s recommended format, 5-year financial projections, advanced market segmentation, advanced demographics, Exit Strategy, and 14 hours writing and research. The investor package also includes a Template Cover Letter and separate 2 to 3-page Executive Summary document. We will develop a themed PowerPoint presentation with identical content to the approved Executive Summary document. This package includes an additional 4-hour revision retainer that can be used any time within 6 months of the ship date of the business plan. Our service representative will prepare the initial draft only when content for all sections of the order has been received. Any additional support needed, extra content sections or new modifications to the final draft will be subject to an hourly charge of $50 an hour, paid in advance. If you have selected financial projections as part of your business plan they will be created based on the information provided by the client. If you are unable to provide information on financial projections, we will create your projections based on the business plan writer’s previous experience. Changes to financial information may be completed during the revision process and will be subject to the processes detailed below. Included with all business plan writing services is one revision opportunity, subject to the following revision schedule: post-draft revisions are due in writing no later than seven (7) calendar days after the initial draft has been completed and emailed to you for review. All requested post-draft revisions must be submitted at the same time and excessive revisions exceeding one hour to complete may be subject to additional fees. Revisions received or requested after this seven (7) day period will be completed only after the remaining balance on the order has been paid in full, and are subject to an hourly charge of $50 an hour, paid in advance. Post-draft revisions are normally completed 2-5 business days after receipt. If needed, your service consultant can spend up to 15 minutes after the initial interview consultation to discuss questions about the business plan, however, because of our low prices and numerous clients any additional consultation will be billed at our traditional hourly rate. Please review our general terms of service for additional information.
Our business certification services are limited to the preparation of the applications required by the certifying agencies and does not include a guarantee that your business will be granted the requested certification. Our business certification representative will provide your business with a thorough checklist of supporting documentation that must accompany your completed application. You are responsible for including all supporting documentation in the order of the checklist when you submit the application to the agency following the instructions provided by Spearhead Solutions Inc. Any online certification applications utilize B2Gnow system such as the WBENC are time sensitive and will automatically delete within 90 days of creation unless the client files an online extension directly with the agency. Extensions last only up to 1 week from each individual request. The maximum deadline is 6 months from original creation after which no additional extensions are issued. Applications that are deleted due to clients not submitting documents in a timely manner will be subject to additional fees to re-enter the information. In order to increase the potential of a speedy approval, we reserve the right to advise you against any potential pitfalls within your application that may lead to delays or non-approval of the certification. We are not responsible for certification disapproval due to lack of disclosure of key information or any disqualification due to incomplete or wrong information. Please note that having an active System Award Management (SAM) profile is a pre-requisite to apply for the 8(a) certification, HUB zone certification, WOSB certification, and Veteran Registry. If you do not have an active System Award Management profile, you will need to prepare one yourself before we can begin any of the affected certification applications. If you have selected a payment plan option for your business certification services, your account must be paid in full prior to the release of your application package. As we are not authorized to execute documents on behalf of your organization, we cannot make any legal filings on your behalf. Thus, all completed documents for paper-based applications will be mailed to your shipping address on record or emailed to your preferred email address with detailed instructions for filing. The fee charged by our company for business certification services includes only preparation of the documents selected. Filing fees charged by the certifying agency are not included in our service and must be paid by the client.
Confidentiality Agreement: Spearhead Solutions Inc. (recipient) agrees that the confidential information is to be considered confidential and proprietary to business owner and BizCentral USA shall hold the same in confidence, shall not use the confidential information other than for the purposes of completing the certification application, and shall disclose it only to its officers and employees with a specific need to know.
Document Review and Upload – For individuals that have selected the Document Review and Upload Services, our review of supporting documents is limited to glaring errors or inconsistencies with information related to the application. Areas of common review include documentation missing signatures, inconsistencies between different documents, and ensuring that all documents required by the certifying agency have been provided. All documents must be supplied by the client using email (preferred method), fax, or mail within 30 days of your order date. We require all requested supporting documents be submitted on the same day before document review can take place. Spearhead Solutions Inc. requires that all supporting documents be either electronic copies or photocopies of originals that are clearly legible in order to be able to read and review content. For electronic applications, the service consultant will upload the provided supporting documents into the online application system. Upon completion of uploading the documents, the service consultant will provide detailed instructions for submitting the application. It is the responsibility of the client to submit all applications. If no supporting documents are received by one of the approved methods within 30 days of the order, your Document Review and Upload Services will be put into inactive status. The account must be paid in full and the documents must be provided using one of the approved methods prior to reactivating the order. Questions regarding certification process, certification or procedures, and ownership qualification issues can be answered by purchasing our senior-level consultation services and are not included in the Certification Document Review service.
Letter Review – Upon submittal of a certification application by the client the certifying agency may request additional information. Preparing a response letter to the agency’s request for an additional letter is not included in our traditional certification service and is subject to additional fees. Clients are required to provide copies of all correspondence both to and from the certifying agency prior to receiving a formal quote to prepare a singular written response to the agency. Our assistance in reviewing and consulting on proposed resposes is designed to prepare a singular letter in the agencies preferred format that ensures all questions have complete thought-out responses and therefore requires input from the client to ensure that the response is accurate and consistent with organization operations. The letter review does not include a review of any supporting documents to accompany the response letter, which are the sole responsibility of the applicant. In instances where clients have prepared previous responses on his or her own or verbally communicated information that is detrimental to the likelihood of success, we will notify the client of these pitfalls and the actions that need to be taken to address them. Some company operations or procedures may be such that clients do not currently qualify to enter the program and in such instances, we will advise the future actions that are needed to be considered if the client wishes to reapply at a future date Individuals that did not have the original certification application prepared by Spearhead Solutions Inc. will need to purchase an initial up to 2 hour retainer for us to learn the facts of the case and properly evaluate what actions must be taken to respond to the letter correctly. In many instances, certification agencies will provide several additional follow-up responses requesting additional information or clarification on a previous response. Please note that the quotes provided are limited to the letter provided at the time of sale and future letter(s) will need to be quoted individually and are subject to the same procedures listed in the above terms of service.
Branding your company involves the entire process of creating a unique name and image for your products or services in the consumer’s mind. We can help accomplish this through custom graphic design work and marketing campaigns with a consistent theme. Branding aims to establish a significant and differentiated presence in the market that attracts and retains loyal customers. BizCentral offers a variety of graphic design solutions at very competitive pricing. All businesses are different with different needs, budgets, requests, competition, markets and goals, etc. Therefore, it is not always possible to have a flat rate or one-size-fits-all pricing model. Most of our pricing is based on a 2-4 hour service and we reserve the right to reprice any initial quote once we have had our initial consultation and reviewed your needs. All quotes are for labor only. Graphic designs are subjective and thus very difficult to guarantee total satisfaction. To minimize any dissatisfaction, it is critical that the client provide input on preferred colors, symbols, fonts, characters or special designs. We will then develop a draft and provide it to the client for feedback. Once we have the clients feedback, we can fine-tune it to meet the expectation. If upon 3 attempts we have not reached satisfaction, we reserve the right to continue or offer a partial refund. Included with all logo design services are two proof samples per order, from which you may select one proof and one revision opportunity, subject to the following revision schedule: requested revisions to your chosen proof are due in writing no later than three (3) calendar days after the initial proofs have been completed and emailed to you for review. All requested revisions to your chosen proof must be submitted at the same time. Revisions received or requested after five (5) day period will be completed only after the remaining balance on the order has been paid in full, and are subject to an hourly charge of $50 an hour, paid in advance. Requested revisions to your chosen proof are normally completed 2-5 business days after receipt. The finalized proof will be provided to you via email in PNG (Portable Network Graphics) and JPEG (Joint Photographic Expert Group), and PDF (Portable Document Format). Printing is not included for any of our design services. Please review our general terms of service for additional information.
Our websites packages vary by business sector and features, for the most current pricing and features please contact our sales department. Each website package has a specific number of pages, features and revisions included, any extra options will incur in an additional fee. Clients who already have a website and just want modifications or to add new content, or features will be charged by the hour. The extent of your service depends on the features, customization, and information provided by the client. Website modifications do not follow our standard turnaround time. An estimated date of completion will be given once the initial information gathering interview has taken place. Hosting, domain name, and maintenance are not included in your order for a standard website, but can be set up for you for an additional charge. You can provide images to have added to the website. If you do not have any images, but would like to add some on your website, we can provide assistance using https://stock.adobe.com/. We are not liable for any pictures provided to us by your company or organization under copyright infringement. All files not on our maintenance plan are deleted upon completion. Please inquire for a copy of your website files Website files are deleted after 12 months of completion. Spearhead Solutions Inc. will retain no rights to the website or content, once the website is paid in full. If no payment has been made for 45 days on your website order payment plan we will deactivate the website until a payment is processed.
The arbitration process administered by the American Arbitration Association in accordance with the provisions of its Commercial Arbitration Rules shall be conducted in the language in which the contract was written. This agreement shall be governed by and interpreted in accordance with the laws of the State of Washington. The parties acknowledge that this agreement evidences a transaction involving interstate commerce. The United States Arbitration Act shall govern the interpretation, enforcement, and proceedings pursuant to the arbitration clause in this agreement. In no event shall an award in an arbitration initiated under this clause exceed the value of the product or service provided under this agreement. Each party shall bear its own costs and expenses and an equal share of the arbitrators’ and administrative fees of arbitration.
Any legal controversy or legal claim arising out of or relating to this Agreement or our services, excluding legal action taken by us relating to Site operations and/or intellectual property, shall be settled solely by confidential binding arbitration in accordance with the commercial arbitration rules applicable at the time the arbitration commences. Any such controversy or claim shall be arbitrated on an individual basis, and shall not be consolidated in any arbitration with any claim or controversy of any other party. Each party shall bear one-half of the arbitration fees and costs incurred. The award of the arbitrators shall be accompanied by a reasoned opinion. Any arbitration decision will be final and in the event any other recourse is taken outside the arbitration process to damage the company’s (Spearhead Solutions Inc.) reputation. This will be considered malicious attempt of defamation of character in which our company reserves the right to file a civil suit in Mecklenberg County North Carolina court for damages, legal fees and court cost. Except as may be required by law, neither a party nor an arbitrator may disclose the existence, content, or results of any arbitration here-under without the prior written consent of both parties.
Revised Date 3-27-2025
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