You already know training is expensive. You just can't see the bill.
Every new stylist needs months of in-salon development. That means your best educator - off the floor, not earning - teaching one person at a time. Around 180 hours per hire. And with the industry's retention rates, most of them leave before it ever pays off.
That's about $36,000 in lost floor revenue per hire - and $144,000 for every stylist you actually keep.
See your number
Plug in your salon's numbers and watch the hidden cost add up.
ApprenticePro didn't start as software. It started with Alyssa — our Chief Compliance Officer, Director of Education, and a partner in our business. She was our best trainer, which meant every hour she spent developing a new stylist was an hour of her high-value work lost. The math that runs this whole page? We calculated it around her.
So we built ApprenticePro to standardize what Alyssa did one-on-one — keeping her behind the chair and earning, while every new hire still got a consistent, proven path. She helped build the program herself. That means you're not getting a founder's guess at training. You're getting a real Director of Education's system, ready to run.
We built this to keep our best educator behind the chair.
How ApprenticePro works
1.
A clear path:
Every new hire follows a standardized, milestone-based training track - the same high standard, every time.
2.
Off your plate:
Structured lessons, checklists, and assessments replace the ad-hoc training your senior team used to carry.
3.
Proof of readiness:
Clear milestones show exactly when someone's ready for the floor - no more guessing.
4.
You stay out of the weeds: Your owners and educators stay on revenue-generating work while new hires progress on their own track.
What's Inside.
Built on a proven platform - and on Enterprise, fully branded as your own.
- Mentor Guide
- Tier goals & milestones
- Orientation Checklist
Drip-Scheduled Lessons
- Growth Guide
- Apprentice Assessments
It's already working.
A multi-location salon in Raleigh handed 7 apprentices to ApprenticePro instead of their senior stylists - and adopted it fully. It's the same system that keeps our own team on the floor and earning.
And the payoff of developing people this way? Our very first apprentice is now our COO.
Simple, Scalable Pricing
Core: $497 setup + $299/month per location. Best for getting started & testing
Enterprise: $997 setup + $597/month per location. Adds white-label branding, monthly group educator calls, and a 30-minute 1:1 with me. Best scaled adoption & strategic guidance.
Q: We already train in-house
A: You do - and it's costing you your best stylist's floor revenue every day. ApprenticePro keeps them earning while new hires get trained.
Q: It's expensive.
A: Compare it to $144,000 in lost productivity per retained hire. It pays for itself with a single one.
Q: My team won't use it.
A: Onboarding is included, and it's built to run without constant oversight - the way our own Director of Education designed it.
Q: We're too small
A: Core is built for exactly that, start with one location and prove it.
