Tom Spadea: Treating The Franchise Agreement Like a Constitution, Not a Contract!

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What happens when your first business collapses and leaves you deeply in debt? For Tom Spadea, it became the foundation for everything that followed. In this episode of Franchise Today, Stan Friedman welcomes Tom Spadea, co-founder of Spadea Lignana , one of franchising's most respected law firms. Tom's journey began in a family machine shop business before launching a radio transmitter manufacturing company with childhood friend Josh Lignana. When that business failed, Tom found himself searching for a new direction. That search led him through business brokerage, franchise sales, law school, and eventually to building a law firm that today includes fifteen attorneys and more than forty team members.

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