MUTUAL NDA & PRE-SELECTION AGREEMENT
Between:
Marc Blanco (“Average Adman”)
and
You (“The Brand”, “The Brave Fool”, or “The Person Submitting This Form”)
Effective Date: The moment you hit submit and send €1,000 through this form.
No pen needed. Just intent, bandwidth, and courage.
1. TERMS OF SUBMISSION
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Submitting your brief costs €1,000.
That fee is non-refundable and non-cancellable. No take-backs, no edits, no PayPal disputes.
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Your brief will be reviewed in June 2026.
You may hear back. You may not. That’s not a bug—it’s the system.
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If selected, we start no earlier than September 2026.
You commit to a minimum of six (6) months of collaboration under a separate agreement (a real one, with real work).
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By submitting, you are entering into a legally binding agreement.
No signature required. Your card did the talking.
2. CONFIDENTIALITY
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Everything you share—decks, dreams, buried trauma from past agencies—stays confidential.
It will not be reused, resold, leaked, or turned into a Cannes case study behind your back.
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This goes both ways: if I share something with you, keep it sacred (or at least private).
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Exceptions? Sure:
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Info that’s already public
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Something I legally have to disclose
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Stuff I didn’t get from you in the first place
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3. SELECTION DISCLAIMER
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This isn’t a pitch. It’s an application.
And like most applications: rejection is part of the charm.
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Submitting does not entitle you to feedback, a meeting, or even a polite “no.”
It guarantees one thing: a real human (me) will read it.
4. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY
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Your ideas are still your ideas.
I won’t repurpose them. I won’t repackage them. I won’t mysteriously post something “inspired by you” on LinkedIn two months later.
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If we work together, IP and deliverables will be covered in a separate agreement. Until then, your thoughts are yours.
5. LIMITATION OF LIABILITY
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If this process causes you stress, existential dread, or financial panic—you’re probably in marketing.
But you can’t blame me for any of it.
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To be clear: I am not liable for emotional, professional, or reputational fallout from this submission.
6. TERM
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This agreement is valid for 12 months from the date of submission.
Confidentiality obligations survive until:
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The info becomes public, or
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We both agree it’s fine to talk about it at parties.
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7. GOVERNING LAW
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This agreement is governed by the laws of Spain, under the spiritual jurisdiction of Valencia.
All disputes will be handled like adults (with passive-aggressive PDFs, probably).
