Where in the Focalpoint Coaching Franchise Agreement can I find information about Initial Training for a Focalpoint Coaching franchise?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
or may require Franchisee to pay any amounts due under this Agreement or otherwise by means other than automatic debit (e.g., by check) whenever Franchisor deems appropriate, and Franchisee agrees to comply with Franchisor's payment instructions.
4. TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE.
A. INITIAL TRAINING.
If this is Franchisee's first FocalPoint Franchised Business, then before the Franchised Business begins operating, Franchisor will train Franchisee (or, if Franchisee is an Entity, Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Franchisee's manager-level employee who Franchisor approves (the "Business Manager") on the material aspects of operating a FocalPoint Franchised Business. Franchisor will provide the initial training program either online or in-person, in its sole discretion. If the initial training program is provided in-person, it will be at a designated training facility of Franchisor's choice. Franchisee shall notify Franchisor in writing at least thirty (30) days prior to the commencement of the initial training program the name of the individual who will attend the initial training program.
Franchisor will provide initial training for Franchisee (or, if Franchisee is an Entity, Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Franchisee's Business Manager. Additional people beyond this one (1) person may attend initial training if Franchisee pays Franchisor's then current training charge for each additional person. Franchisor reserves the right to refuse to provide training to Franchisee or any of Franchisee's proposed attendees for whom Franchisor has not received the relevant training fee. Franchisee also agrees to pay for all travel and living expenses which Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) and all of Franchisee's employees incur and for Franchisee's employees' wages and workers' compensation insurance in traveling to and from the designated training facility, except, if initial training is in-person, Franchisor will pay all supplied food and reasonable lodging expenses of Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) and Franchisee's employees only while participating in the initial training program.
Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Franchisee's Business Manager must satisfactorily complete initial training. If Franchisor determines that Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Business Manager, if applicable, cannot complete initial training to Franchisor's satisfaction, Franchisor may terminate this Agreement, in which case Franchisor
will keep Ten Thousand Dollars ($10,000) of the initial franchise fee. Franchisor will return the other Thirty-Five Thousand Dollars ($35,000) of the initial franchise fee to Franchisee if Franchisee signs a general release in Franchisor's then-current form of its required general release.
Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) may request additional training at the end of the initial training, to be provided at Franchisor's then current per diem charges, if Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) does not feel sufficiently trained in the operation of a FocalPoint Franchised Business. Franchisor and Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) will jointly determine the duration of this additional training. However, if Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Franchisee's Business Manager, if applicable, satisfactorily completes Franchisor's initial training program and has not expressly informed Franchisor at the end of the program that Franchisee (or Franchisee's Managing Owner) or Franchisee's Business Man
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 56–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focalpoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, details regarding the initial training program for franchisees can be found in Item 22, specifically under the section titled "TRAINING AND ASSISTANCE" and subsection "INITIAL TRAINING".
The FDD states that if this is the franchisee's first Focalpoint Coaching franchise, Focalpoint Coaching will provide initial training to the franchisee (or the managing owner, if the franchisee is an entity) or a manager-level employee approved by Focalpoint Coaching. This training covers the material aspects of operating a Focalpoint Coaching franchise. The training will be provided either online or in-person, at Focalpoint Coaching's discretion. If in-person, it will be held at a designated training facility chosen by Focalpoint Coaching. The franchisee must notify Focalpoint Coaching in writing at least 30 days before the training program starts, indicating who will attend.
Focalpoint Coaching will provide initial training for one person, but additional people may attend if the franchisee pays Focalpoint Coaching's current training charge for each additional person. Focalpoint Coaching can refuse training to anyone for whom the training fee hasn't been paid. The franchisee is responsible for all travel and living expenses, wages, and workers' compensation insurance for their employees attending the training. However, if the initial training is in-person, Focalpoint Coaching will cover supplied food and reasonable lodging expenses for the franchisee (or managing owner) and their employees while they are participating in the initial training program.
The franchisee (or managing owner) or the business manager must satisfactorily complete the initial training. If Focalpoint Coaching determines that the franchisee (or managing owner) or business manager cannot complete the training to Focalpoint Coaching's satisfaction, Focalpoint Coaching may terminate the Franchise Agreement. In such a case, Focalpoint Coaching will retain $10,000 of the initial franchise fee and return the remaining $35,000 to the franchisee, provided the franchisee signs a general release form. Franchisees may request additional training at their own expense if they do not feel adequately trained after the initial program.