Never Sign Blind Again.

Every bad deal we've ever cleaned up had warning signs in the original draft. Buried indemnities. A termination clause that only worked one way. A 'standard' IP assignment that quietly swept up the founder's side projects. The deal looked fine on the surface — until something went wrong, and the paper turned on the person who signed it.

This checklist is the structured pass we make on every inbound contract before a client signs. It's not a treatise — it's a working tool: what to read first, what to flag, what to negotiate, and what to walk away from. It works for vendor agreements, partnership terms, employment offers, brand deals, MSAs, and acquisition LOIs.

Print it. Stick it next to your laptop. Run any deal through it before signature. If something on the list is missing or off, that's where you negotiate next.

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