Hello judiboo-ga,
http://www.inc.com/articles/legal/gen_biz_law/franchise_law/5075.html
Inc magazine, March 01, 1990
Head of the Class
Start-up company franchises early childhood education centers,
targeting affluent parents.
Although it’s 10 years old, this is a very interesting article about
franchising in the child care business.
Here’s a quote from the article that stopped me in my tracks:
Franchising does pose some difficult challenges, though. It has never
worked in the child-care industry. Kinder-Care had tried franchising
when the company started in the late 1960s but had given up and
switched to company-owned centers. Other day-care franchisors had shut
down or followed Kinder-Care's route.
Carousel Systems Inc., the company profiled in the article is still in
business and franchising childcare centers under the dba:
The Goddard School
http://www.goddardpreschool.com/index.html
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Good luck.
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