nobody knows her better than dani jo carter. >> oh, she's beautiful. she's funny. she was brilliant. >> and she was driven. >> oh, she was very driven. she was a workaholic when i first met her. she didn't know how to relax. she didn't spend a saturday afternoon just laying around watching tv. i mean she wasn't just that way in business. she was that way throughout her entire life. >> diane was born in auburn, alabama, where she survived a sad and difficult childhood. she realized her dreams in atlanta, a place that matched her ambition. >> what was she looking for? >> she was looking for success. >> diane was barely out of high school when she went to work at u.s. enterprises, a company in atlanta. she was a bookkeeper but soon caught the eye of her boss, billy corey. >> there were some people working there that weren't really doing their jobs, and she told him that she could do her job and their job. >> and what happened? >> i think he fired them, and she did their job. >> it was back in the '80s when dani jo and diane first teamed up, best friends and confidants