74. Scaling The Goddard School of Doby’s Bridge
With Dipen Patel
Dipen didn't wake up one day and quit. He networked with other franchise owners, ran the numbers, tested the model alongside his wife, and made a series of deliberate moves that eventually led him to child care. He's since acquired, turned around, and sold Goddard Schools and he's still building his legacy.
If you've been in the corporate world for years and quietly wondering whether franchise ownership could be your next chapter, this one's for you.
Meet our guest
In this episode
- Why franchising appealed to a risk manager and what that framework taught him about choosing the right model
- How he and his wife prepared financially while still in the corporate world to make the leap feel less risky
- What the franchise model gives you that starting from scratch simply doesn't
- Why he saw opportunity in child care during one of the hardest moments in recent history
- What it takes to go from single-unit to multi-unit ownership and why the mindset shift matters more than the business plan
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