Folake Ibe's Mathnasium Franchise Broke Even in Two Months and Tripled Enrollment in About a Year
Folake Ibe, 37, opened Mathnasium of Clinton in Clinton, Maryland, in September 2025 with 25 students, Black Enterprise reported. The center broke even within two months and tripled enrollment about a year later, while Ibe kept her full-time job in information system security management.
Why It Matters for Atlanta Professionals
It is a concrete example of buying a franchise while keeping a full-time career, a path many Atlanta professionals weigh.
Source
First reported by Black Enterprise: Black Enterprise profile
File photo of a Mathnasium storefront, not Ibe's center: Ceeren / Wikimedia Commons, CC0 1.0
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