Community Guidelines

The VGA Incubator is a private community for military-connected entrepreneurs, instructors, and Veterans Growing America staff. These guidelines apply to direct messages, group messages, announcements, comments, instructor feedback, document comments, and any other communication in the application.

Treat others with respect

• Communicate professionally and constructively, even when you disagree.
• No threats, harassment, bullying, discrimination, hate speech, sexual harassment, or retaliation.
• No abusive or degrading feedback.

Protect the community

• No fraud, impersonation, spam, malicious links, or unauthorized sales or promotions.
• Do not request another user's password or financial credentials.
• Do not share another user's private information without authorization.
• No copyright or trademark infringement, and no illegal activity.

Respect confidentiality

• Do not copy, screenshot, download, forward, publish, or share another user's private information without authorization.
• Do not use another participant's business ideas, documents, strategies, customer lists, or intellectual property for personal, competitive, commercial, or unrelated purposes.
• Do not record, photograph, transcribe, livestream, or redistribute a session without authorization.

Reporting

If you see behavior or content that violates these guidelines, or you experience a privacy, safety, or security concern, contact us via Contact Support. Messages and content may be reviewed by authorized Veterans Growing America administrators when necessary to investigate complaints, protect users, enforce policies, maintain security, or comply with legal obligations. VGA does not monitor every conversation continuously or in real time.

Instructors and administrators are expected not to copy, share, misuse, or use participant information, business ideas, documents, or intellectual property for personal or commercial purposes.

This reporting channel is not an emergency service. If someone is in immediate danger, contact 911 or the appropriate emergency service.

Enforcement

Violations may result in content removal, warnings, temporary or permanent loss of access, or removal from the program, depending on severity and context. VGA reserves the right to take the actions it considers appropriate to protect users and the program.