Sponsors are any individuals or entities featured by Ascencore.
The relationship is only one of publicity where Ascencore allows them to present themselves on the Ascencore website.
If sponsored content is linked it will be declared. Usually at the bottom of a webpage or description of a post. Language such as partnership and collaboration may also be used in addition to sponsor. This mainly applies to the homepage and the Featured Ideas & Businesses page.
Ascencore is not an; employee, associate, agent, founder or part of any management of sponsors. Ascencore also doesn't have such relationships to sponsors through relationships such as friends and relatives. Additionally Ascencore holds no stake with sponsors such as owning portions of companies in stock shares. However it is possible a sponsor can offer compensation for being featured. This could be financial compensation but based on payment(s) that are not linked to the value of a company before, during, or after being featured by Ascencore. Such compensation in the form of payments is strictly for permission to be featured by Ascencore like a regular advertisement for the purposes of awareness and publicity. It is not for any other purpose such as directly or indirectly attempting to encourage buying or selling of assets and securities to increase or decrease the value of a company, organization, or individual.
Some sponsored content may also provide affiliate links which will be clearly identified as affiliate links. The section on "Relationship With Affiliates Disclosure" also applies to those kinds of links.