Who is required to attend the initial training for a Focalpoint Coaching franchise if the franchisee is an entity?
Focalpoint_Coaching Franchise · 2025 FDDAnswer from 2025 FDD Document
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
Source: Item 22 — Contracts (FDD pages 56–57)
What This Means (2025 FDD)
According to Focalpoint Coaching's 2025 Franchise Disclosure Document, if the franchisee is an entity, then the franchisee's Managing Owner is required to attend the initial training. Alternatively, a manager-level employee who Focalpoint Coaching approves, referred to as the "Business Manager", can attend the training instead.
The initial training covers the material aspects of operating a Focalpoint Coaching franchise. Focalpoint Coaching has the sole discretion to provide this training either online or in-person. If the training is in-person, it will be held at a designated training facility chosen by Focalpoint Coaching.
The franchisee must inform Focalpoint Coaching in writing at least 30 days before the training program starts, indicating who will attend. The franchisee (or the Managing Owner) or the Business Manager must satisfactorily complete the initial training. If Focalpoint Coaching determines that the attendee cannot complete the training to its satisfaction, Focalpoint Coaching may terminate the Franchise Agreement, retaining $10,000 of the initial franchise fee and returning $35,000 if the franchisee signs a general release.
Additional people may attend the initial training beyond the Managing Owner or Business Manager if the franchisee pays Focalpoint Coaching's current training charge for each additional person. The franchisee is responsible for all travel and living expenses, wages, and workers' compensation insurance for themselves (or their Managing Owner) and 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 the franchisee's employees while they are participating in the initial training program.