Where does the 'Setting up Your Business' training for Extreme Art Studio take place?
Extreme_Art_Studio Franchise · 2024 FDDAnswer from 2024 FDD Document
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Initial Training
For your first Extreme Art Studio Business, we provide an initial training program that consists of a combination of self-study, classroom training, and on-the-job training that lasts approximately 35 hours for an Extreme Art Studio Business and is conducted over a period of approximately five to ten days ("Initial Training Program"). The Initial Training Program is offered on an as-needed basis. The Initial Training Program is conducted at either our designated training facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, your Studio, virtually or another location designated by us. For additional Extreme Art Studio Businesses, we may provide you with some additional virtual training at our discretion.
Before you begin operating your Extreme Art Studio Business, you (or your operating owner if you are an entity) and your Designated Manager if you have one, must attend and successfully complete to our satisfaction our Initial Training Program. If you (or your operating owner if you are an entity) or your Designated Manager, if you have one, fail(s) to successfully complete the Initial Training Program to our satisfaction, we may require the failing attendee to attend additional training programs that we designate, at your sole expense, or we may require you to appoint a new operating owner and to send that individual to the next available Initial Training Program, at your sole expense. If the Initial Training Program is not completed to our satisfaction after two attempts, we may terminate the Franchise Agreement.
There is no tuition or fee for the Initial Training Program for up to two attendees, so long as such persons attend training at the same time. If you desire to have additional people attend the Initial Training Program, you will be charged our then-current fee (currently $200 per day per additional person). We do not pay any travel expenses, lodging, meals ground transportation, or other personal expenses for any person attending the I
Source: Item 11 — FRANCHISOR'S ASSISTANCE, ADVERTISING, COMPUTER SYSTEMS AND TRAINING (FDD pages 27–37)
What This Means (2024 FDD)
According to Extreme Art Studio's 2024 Franchise Disclosure Document, the Initial Training Program, which includes setting up the business, is conducted at either Extreme Art Studio's designated training facility in Minneapolis, Minnesota, at the franchisee's studio, virtually, or at another location designated by Extreme Art Studio.
The Initial Training Program lasts approximately 35 hours and is conducted over approximately five to ten days. Franchisees (or their operating owner if the franchisee is an entity) and their designated manager, if they have one, must attend and successfully complete the Initial Training Program. If they fail to do so, Extreme Art Studio may require the failing attendee to attend additional training programs at the franchisee's sole expense, or Extreme Art Studio may require the franchisee to appoint a new operating owner and send that individual to the next available Initial Training Program, also at the franchisee's sole expense. If the Initial Training Program is not completed to Extreme Art Studio's satisfaction after two attempts, Extreme Art Studio may terminate the Franchise Agreement.
There is no tuition or fee for the Initial Training Program for up to two attendees, as long as such persons attend training at the same time. If the franchisee desires to have additional people attend the Initial Training Program, they will be charged Extreme Art Studio's then-current fee (currently $200 per day per additional person). Extreme Art Studio does not pay any travel expenses, lodging, meals, ground transportation, or other personal expenses for any person attending the Initial Training Program.