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Minimal plan/deck worksheet from the recipe, not a complete business-plan outline or an NDA.
Fill in
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business plan template
Your plan, dated before you pitch.
Business plan template — Keep a dated version of the plan you choose to pitch. It does not establish that nobody had the idea earlier.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Your free business plan worksheet.
Minimal plan/deck worksheet from the recipe, not a complete business-plan outline or an NDA.
- Plan
- Deck
Check your regulator's own form. The printable version lists the source behind every field. CSV versions have an instruction row above the headings.
Then date your filled-in copy.
Keep the completed copy and its source records. A time receipt dates those exact bytes; it does not establish that an entry is true or accepted. Save a new copy after each version.
Your record, one step at a time.
Your photos and files stay on your device, so keep them.
Local preview: files are fingerprinted here. Notes and progress stay in this browser. Keep downloaded copies; browser storage is not a backup.
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Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
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How?
Add the exact original files for this part of the record. Keep them unchanged; a different export or edit has a different fingerprint.
Add link and screenshots
The link is recorded, not fetched or verified.
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Record the date, time, place and who you spoke to. New notes are saved separately rather than editing an old note.
How to keep notes that hold upWrite it down
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How to keep notes that hold up
Write notes as soon as you can. Keep the original account rather than replacing it later; the venue decides what weight it gets.
- Write it down straight away, on paper or in the box on a step.
- Put the date, time and place at the top, and who you spoke to.
- Use their words where you can; separate what you saw from what you were told.
- Sign or initial a paper note, photograph it and add the photo.
- Never edit an old note. Add a new dated entry when something changes. A device save time is not independent time evidence or proof of event order.
Business plan or idea
Business plan or idea
01 · Keep the exact files
Use the free minimal plan-and-deck worksheet, then date the filled-in copy before sharing it.
Records to keep: Plan · Deck
Business plan or idea
02 · Date the file’s code
Your device fingerprints the selected file or manifest. Dated follows an independent timestamp; Permanent follows Bitcoin anchoring.
An independent time, tied to the exact bytes.
Business plan or idea
03 · Keep the evidence
Keep the plan, deck, sending records and any agreement separately. A time receipt does not replace an NDA or intellectual-property filing.
Keep the originals too. A changed or compressed copy has a different fingerprint.
Try a file. It stays here.
Make a test receipt on this device.
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or drop a file here
Real cases: why dated versions matter.
Real cases where dated records mattered. We don’t claim a time receipt would have changed the result.
US - California · 1956
Keep the outline you send with an idea
A writer said producers used an idea shared by phone and in a written outline. They disputed what was shared and whether payment was understood. The court reopened the writer's case without deciding who should win.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›US - 2nd Circuit · 2000
Record what you hand over at a pitch
An inventor said a toy firm received his sample, but its staff gave conflicting accounts. His idea claims reopened because the lower court used the wrong test for whether the idea was new. The firm's claims against the inventor stayed closed.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›US - D. Connecticut · 2006
Keep the idea exactly as you submitted it
A person sought payment for a new concept shared in trust and later used. The jury mostly sided with the person. The judge kept most of that result but removed payment for extensions of the product line.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›US - Ohio · 2018
Keep plans separate from a deal in trust
Two workers used facts from talks to buy their employer when making a plan for a rival. A jury found for the employer over secret business facts and harm to its deals. The appeal court kept some rulings, changed others and sent the case back.
Summarized on Oct 29, 2026
Read the decision ›Related cases
What courts, schemes and regulators say.
Positions below refer to the cited rule or record type, not endorsement of Timevolt. This service is not represented as an eIDAS qualified timestamp provider. A non-qualified timestamp does not receive the qualified timestamp presumption.
Federal Rules of Evidence
Rule 902(14): data copied from a file is self-authenticating if authenticated by a process of digital identification, certified by a qualified person; the committee notes name hash value comparison.
Supports using a SHA-256 match to show a produced file is identical to the fingerprinted original. It addresses authenticity of a copy, not the truth of content or authorship; a certification and notice are required.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceBenelux Office for IP, i-DEPOT
The portal describes i-DEPOT as a dated deposit that grants no intellectual-property rights.
This describes another service, not an endorsement of Timevolt or a guarantee that a court will accept a particular record.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceINPI e-Soleau
Service-public page: e-Soleau proves creation at a given date; a court can ask INPI to unarchive the envelope and admit it as evidence.
Official French dated deposit with a file fingerprint; not equivalent to a Timevolt receipt.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
Read the sourceImplied-contract idea submission claims
California and Ninth Circuit idea-submission decisions address work prepared and disclosed for sale under circumstances implying payment on use. The cited Ninth Circuit decision is from 2004; these sources do not prescribe a required form of dated proof.
Keep separate records of disclosure and any agreement. A file date does not establish the act of disclosure.
Source summary as of 2026-10-28. Check the current source and applicable local rules.
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Proves / Doesn’t prove
Proves
A completed time receipt shows that the exact selected file existed by the independently witnessed time. You can check whether a later copy has the same bytes. It does not establish creation time, authorship, identity, event order, location or the truth of the contents.
Doesn’t prove
It does not prove you wrote or invented the idea, that it is new, that anyone saw or copied it, that it is protected, or who would win a dispute.
This cannot establish invention, novelty, ownership, confidentiality, access or protection of an idea.
These are the bounds of a completed proof. The local tester does not establish any time. The chosen court, scheme or regulator decides what to accept.
Questions, answered plainly.
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking. Privacy Policy.
Can I protect a business idea?
An idea by itself generally is not protected. Courts look for something concrete, such as a written plan, and protection comes from other tools such as confidentiality agreements, copyright in the written plan, trade secret practice, or patents and trademarks once the idea is a product. A time receipt only shows when a file existed.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerIs this the same as copyright or a patent?
No. It gives you no rights. It is a dated record that these exact files existed by a date, which can be useful alongside those tools.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDoes a time receipt replace an NDA?
No. An NDA controls what the other side may do with what you tell them. A time receipt dates your file. Use both when you pitch.
Do my plan and deck get uploaded?
Your file stays on your device. During normal receipt creation, your device sends a randomized code made from its fingerprint, plus encrypted recovery data. It doesn't send the plain fingerprint or the random value that opens the code. Keep the original file and the complete receipt for checking.
Why does it matter exactly what I submitted?
In published idea-submission disputes, a central question was what was disclosed and in what concrete form, and who can show it. A dated copy fixes the content as of a date.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerWill a court accept a hash of my file?
US federal rules let data copied from a file be authenticated by hash comparison when properly certified. Whether it helps your case, and what weight it has, is for the court. The receipt does not prove authorship or that anyone copied you.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerDo I need a new receipt when I change my plan?
Yes. Any change, even one character, changes the fingerprint. Date each version before each pitch or major edit.
How is this different from i-DEPOT or e-Soleau?
Those are official national deposit schemes with fees and storage periods, available through their offices. A time receipt is not an official deposit; it is an independent timestamp plus Bitcoin anchor, with files staying on your device.
Source summary as of October 30, 2026. Check the current source and its scope.
Context for this answerThe file tester runs on your device. It does not issue a timestamp or take a payment.
Keep the records you already have.
Keep your original files and any existing official records while the receipt service is being prepared.