franchise. elizabeth has more from the atlanta bureau. that s right, a tried and true business model. one that s already in place, that s exactly what one atlanta mother was doing for. she says she has an engineering and a business degree, but nothing in education and it was always her dream to open up a school. that s when she contacted the goddard school when she learned they had a dual model set up for franchising, one that includes an education and a business director. she knew, it was the perfect fit. i was looking at the peer group and a lot of my peer group is like me. a lot, they re well educated. they know what they want. they are running great programs, and you know, every time i have a question, i can always pick up the phone and talk to them. reporter: ironically enough, a down economy may not have been the worst thing that happened to the franchising community according to experts, they say many weaker owners and companies have
enough, a down economy may not have been the worst thing that happened to the franchising community according to experts, they say many weaker owners and companies have failed since the economy busted, and now, the stronger candidates are persevering. the economy tanking, forced franchisers to be stronger because they re seeing their legacy franchisees fall out of the system, because three years prior they weren t sure they were making money. and ones that built up thousands in equity and financial support, support that fall, were falling off of the system. reporter: there are 370 goddard schools across the nation and proving time and again to be successful and in fact, entrepreneur magazine named them the number one child care franchising business across the nation j a big message about survival of the fittest, it seems like, elizabeth, thank you.