Terms

The short version of how to use this site.

Last updated: April 2026

What this site is

A personal site and newsletter run by Andrew McGuire. I write about building software with a small team of digital workers. The newsletter is free. Founder Brand is a paid service that I bill for separately, not through this site.

Acceptable use

Read it, share it, quote it with attribution, link to it. All good.

Do not scrape it for AI training data. Do not abuse the contact form. Do not pretend to be me. Do not republish full essays without asking. The contact form is for real conversations, not pitches for SEO services or cold outreach campaigns. The assistant filters those out and I'd rather you not waste your time writing them.

Intellectual property

Everything I write here is mine. Quote a sentence or a paragraph with a link back. If you want to republish a full essay, email me first. I'll usually say yes if it's a real publication and no if it's a content farm.

No warranty on the advice

I write about what worked for me. Your company is not my company. The numbers I share are my numbers. If you act on something you read here and it doesn't work the same way for you, that's a learning, not a refund. I'm not your lawyer, your accountant, or your therapist.

Governing law

Oregon. If we ever have a real dispute, it gets settled there.

Contact

Anything legal: legal@andrewcmcguire.com. Anything else: andrew@andrewcmcguire.com.