Terms of Use

By accessing or using the I AM SHARK™ website (iamshark.com) and its affiliated platforms — including MAKO Score™, SHARK DealRoom™, SHARK DealRoom Live™, and SHARK Team® — you agree to be bound by these Terms of Use and our Privacy Policy. If you do not agree to these terms, please do not use this website.

These Terms of Use apply to all visitors, users, and others who access or use the website. We reserve the right to modify these terms at any time. Your continued use of the website following any changes constitutes your acceptance of the revised terms.

The content on iamshark.com is provided for educational and informational purposes only.

Nothing on this website should be interpreted as, or relied upon as, legal, tax, accounting, valuation, investment, financial, or any other form of professional advice. This includes, without limitation:

• Business valuation estimates, readiness scores, or scoring outputs from the Business Readiness Assessment™
• Articles, guides, and educational content published in the Newsroom
• Descriptions of services offered by SHARK Team®, SHARK DealRoom™, or any affiliated entity
• Any statements made by Gerard Perillo or other representatives of I AM SHARK™ in any format on this website

Visitors should consult qualified professionals — including licensed attorneys, CPAs, certified business appraisers, financial advisors, and other credentialed experts — before making any decisions regarding the purchase, sale, valuation, succession, or transition of their businesses.

The Business Readiness Assessment™ and MAKO Score™ outputs are general educational indicators only. They are not certified appraisals, formal valuations, or professional opinions of value. They do not constitute a recommendation to buy, sell, or take any specific action with respect to your business.

All content on this website — including text, graphics, logos, images, data, software, frameworks, methodologies, scoring systems, assessment tools, editorial content, stories, videos, and the overall design and compilation of the site — is the property of I AM SHARK Holdings LLC and its affiliated entities and is protected by applicable United States and international intellectual property laws, including copyright, trademark, trade secret, and database protection laws.

The following are proprietary brands, trademarks, or service marks of I AM SHARK Holdings LLC or its affiliated entities. Unauthorized use of these marks is strictly prohibited:

• I AM SHARK™ — movement brand and platform
• SHARKpreneur® — book, brand, and content series
• MAKO Score™ — business readiness intelligence platform
• SHARK DealRoom™ — confidential opportunity and matching platform
• SHARK DealRoom Live™ — invitation-only owner and advisor events
• SHARK Team® — business transition and execution services
• SHARK A™ — affiliated brand and platform
• Business Readiness Assessment™ — proprietary readiness scoring tool
• Clipboard Moment™ — proprietary concept and content series
• Main Street Legacy Tour™ — proprietary event and content series

You may not reproduce, distribute, modify, create derivative works from, publicly display, publicly perform, republish, download, store, or transmit any content from this website without the express prior written permission of I AM SHARK Holdings LLC, except as follows: you may print or download a single copy of materials for your personal, non-commercial use, provided you do not modify the materials and you retain all copyright and proprietary notices.

This section governs the use of automated systems, artificial intelligence, and data extraction tools in connection with this website and its content. These prohibitions apply to all visitors, operators, developers, researchers, and entities — including commercial AI companies, academic institutions, and independent developers.

Prohibited Activities. The following are expressly prohibited without the prior written consent of I AM SHARK Holdings LLC:

• AI Training Use: Using, copying, reproducing, or incorporating any content, text, images, videos, data, frameworks, methodologies, stories, or materials from this website — in whole or in part — to train, fine-tune, pre-train, evaluate, benchmark, or otherwise develop any artificial intelligence model, large language model (LLM), machine learning system, generative AI system, or similar technology.

• Automated Scraping and Crawling: Using bots, spiders, crawlers, scrapers, automated scripts, headless browsers, or any other automated means to access, index, copy, extract, or harvest content, data, images, metadata, or any other materials from this website — regardless of the stated purpose.

• Content Harvesting: Systematically downloading, extracting, or collecting content from this website for storage in external databases, content repositories, AI datasets, training corpora, or any other aggregated collection — whether commercial or non-commercial.

• Commercial Reuse and Republication: Reproducing, republishing, redistributing, or commercially exploiting any content, images, videos, frameworks, methodologies, scoring systems, or proprietary materials from this website for any commercial purpose without express written permission.

• Data Mining and Extraction: Using data mining, extraction, or similar data gathering and extraction tools to extract, in bulk or systematically, any content or data from this website.

• Mirror Sites and Derivative Compilations: Creating mirror sites, derivative compilations, or reproductions of this website's content — in whole or in part — on any other platform, service, or medium.

Scope of Prohibition. These prohibitions apply regardless of whether the content is accessed through the website's public interface, through any API, through cached or archived versions of the website, or through any other means. The prohibition on AI training use applies to all content on this website, including content that may be publicly accessible, and applies to all AI systems regardless of whether they are commercial, open-source, research-oriented, or otherwise.

No Implied License. Nothing in these Terms of Use, and nothing in the technical configuration of this website (including the absence of a robots.txt exclusion for any particular path), shall be construed as granting any license or permission to use website content for AI training, automated extraction, or any other purpose not expressly authorized herein. The absence of technical barriers does not constitute permission.

Enforcement. Violations of this section may constitute copyright infringement, misappropriation of trade secrets, breach of contract, and/or violations of applicable computer fraud and abuse laws, including the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act (18 U.S.C. § 1030) and the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (17 U.S.C. § 1201 et seq.). I AM SHARK Holdings LLC reserves all rights and remedies available at law and in equity, including injunctive relief, actual damages, statutory damages, and attorneys' fees.

Opt-Out of AI Training Under Applicable Law. To the extent any jurisdiction provides a right to opt out of the use of content for AI training purposes, I AM SHARK Holdings LLC hereby expressly exercises that right with respect to all content on this website. All content on iamshark.com is reserved and is not available for AI training use under any opt-out framework.

To request written permission for any use covered by this section, contact: [email protected]

By using this website, you agree that you will:

• Use the website only for lawful purposes and in accordance with these Terms of Use
• Not use the website in any way that violates applicable federal, state, local, or international law or regulation
• Not transmit any unsolicited or unauthorized advertising or promotional material
• Not attempt to gain unauthorized access to any portion of the website or any systems or networks connected to the website
• Not use any automated means — including bots, scrapers, crawlers, spiders, headless browsers, or automated scripts — to access, extract, index, or harvest content from this website for any purpose without our express prior written permission
• Not use any content from this website to train, fine-tune, or develop any artificial intelligence or machine learning system without our express prior written permission (see Section 3A)
• Not reproduce, republish, or commercially exploit any content, framework, methodology, or proprietary material from this website without our express prior written permission
• Not impersonate or attempt to impersonate I AM SHARK™, Gerard Perillo, or any other person or entity
• Not engage in any conduct that restricts or inhibits anyone's use or enjoyment of the website

The Business Readiness Assessment™ and any associated scoring outputs are provided as general educational tools only. Results are based on self-reported information and general scoring algorithms. They do not constitute a certified business appraisal, formal business valuation, or professional advisory opinion.

I AM SHARK™ makes no representations or warranties regarding the accuracy, completeness, or fitness for any particular purpose of assessment results. You acknowledge that assessment results are for informational and educational purposes only and should not be relied upon as the sole basis for any business decision.

Information submitted through SHARK DealRoom™ or in connection with any business opportunity, listing, or inquiry is subject to confidentiality obligations. By submitting information, you represent that you have the authority to share such information and that doing so does not violate any confidentiality agreement, fiduciary duty, or applicable law.

I AM SHARK™ and SHARK Team® are not brokers, dealers, investment advisers, or licensed securities professionals unless separately disclosed. Participation in SHARK DealRoom™ does not create a broker-client, attorney-client, or fiduciary relationship.

THIS WEBSITE AND ALL CONTENT, SERVICES, AND MATERIALS ARE PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" AND "AS AVAILABLE" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTIES OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. I AM SHARK™ EXPRESSLY DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND NON-INFRINGEMENT.

We do not warrant that the website will be uninterrupted, error-free, or free of viruses or other harmful components. We do not warrant the accuracy, completeness, or usefulness of any information on the website.

TO THE FULLEST EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, I AM SHARK™, ITS AFFILIATED ENTITIES, FOUNDERS, OFFICERS, EMPLOYEES, AGENTS, AND LICENSORS SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, PUNITIVE, OR EXEMPLARY DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF, OR INABILITY TO USE, THIS WEBSITE OR ITS CONTENT, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.

IN NO EVENT SHALL THE TOTAL LIABILITY OF I AM SHARK™ TO YOU FOR ALL CLAIMS ARISING FROM OR RELATED TO YOUR USE OF THIS WEBSITE EXCEED ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS ($100.00).

Some jurisdictions do not allow the exclusion or limitation of certain damages, so some of the above limitations may not apply to you.

This website may contain links to third-party websites, including makoscore.com and other external platforms. These links are provided for your convenience only. We have no control over the content of those sites and accept no responsibility for them or for any loss or damage that may arise from your use of them. The inclusion of any link does not imply endorsement by I AM SHARK™ of the linked site or its content.

Your use of this website is also governed by our Privacy Policy, which is incorporated into these Terms of Use by reference. Please review our Privacy Policy to understand our practices regarding the collection and use of your information.

These Terms of Use and any dispute arising out of or related to them or the website shall be governed by and construed in accordance with the laws of the State of Florida, without regard to its conflict of law provisions. You agree to submit to the personal jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in Florida for the resolution of any disputes.

If any provision of these Terms of Use is held to be invalid, illegal, or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall continue in full force and effect. The invalid or unenforceable provision shall be modified to the minimum extent necessary to make it valid and enforceable.

These Terms of Use, together with our Privacy Policy, constitute the entire agreement between you and I AM SHARK™ with respect to your use of this website and supersede all prior and contemporaneous understandings, agreements, representations, and warranties.

Questions about these Terms of Use may be directed to:

I AM SHARK™
Email: [email protected]
Website: iamshark.com/contact