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LAST UPDATED · JULY 2026

Disclaimer

I'm not a lawyer or an accountant, and I'm not licensed as either. Nothing on this site, in a workup, or on a Deal Call is legal, tax, or investment advice, and using this service doesn't create an attorney-client or accountant-client relationship. My opinions come from the documents you send me and my own experience buying, running, and selling businesses, not from a professional license. Always use a licensed attorney for your purchase agreement and a licensed accountant or CPA for your taxes and financial review.

What this is

Burned Once provides deal workups and live Deal Calls: one person's opinion and analysis of the documents you provide, based on operator and buyer experience. It is not an audit, an appraisal, a legal review, or a guarantee of any kind about the business you're evaluating.

Not professional advice

See the Disclaimer above. Nothing provided is legal, tax, or investment advice. You are responsible for engaging your own licensed attorney and accountant before signing any agreement or completing any purchase.

No guarantee of outcome

Findings are based solely on the documents and information you provide and are limited by their accuracy and completeness. I do not independently verify your documents against third-party sources, and I make no guarantee that a workup or call will identify every risk in your deal. The decision to proceed with any transaction is yours alone.

Confidentiality

Documents you send me are used solely to prepare your workup or call and are not shared with third parties, except as needed for tools/services used to deliver the engagement, e.g., document processing software.

Ownership

The workup report and any materials I deliver to you are yours to use for your own deal. I retain the right to use anonymized, non-identifying findings (no business name, no seller names, no buyer names) in future published content, consistent with how the post-mortem itself was published.

Limitation of liability

To the fullest extent permitted by law, Burned Once LLC is not liable for any decision made, or loss incurred, based on a workup, Deal Call, or any content on this site.

Governing law

These terms are governed by the laws of the State of Utah.

Changes

These terms may be updated; the version in effect at the time of your engagement applies.

Contact

Questions about these terms: matt@burnedonce.com.