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Franchisee Testimonial Page
Joe Lackey, President of Big Frog of South Tampa |
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My name is Joe Lackey and I am the owner of Big Frog Custom T-Shirts of South Tampa. I am from a background of being a self employed building contractor for over 30 years. I had made a decision in 2002 to leave the construction industry for a less stressful environment. I met the franchise owners Ron, Tina and Leeward in my capacity as the owner of an unassociated retail store I had opened in 2005. I had a need for t-shirts in this other business and found them at a time before a franchise existed and they were known as Bay Area Custom T-Shirts. The idea of what they were doing and the concept that I could actually order t-shirts and other garments in any quantity I needed seemed like such good idea since I was forced to buy 100s of garments in the past to make the cost reasonable. I had ordered t-shirts from Bay Area for about a year as a wholesale customer and the thought continued to occur to me what a really unique business Bay Area had. I did some homework and discovered that a business model like this didn’t exist in Tampa at all. Once I realized that screen |
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printers are not the competition this business model became even more intriguing. I finally made a call to Ron and put out the idea that if they ever wanted to open a store in South Tampa that I wanted to be the person to do it. From that conversation evolved me opening up the “guinea pig” Big Frog store in south Tampa. When I opened my store in July, 2008 I was still under the umbrella of Bay Area Custom T-Shirts as a company store with the agreement that I could convert to a franchise when that entity became a reality. We have now been open for 10 months. Our role as guinea pig has had its ups and downs but we have learned from our mistakes and have incorporated many of our do’s and don’ts into company policy. Through months of hard work and networking our business is seeing increases on a regular basis... I opened this business in probably the worst economic time I have had to experience and we had managed to have a successful store that has done nothing but go up in sales. This is a huge testament to the business model, the franchise group and good business practices. The franchise group consisting of Ron & Tina DeFrece and Leeward Bean has been completely forthright and honest throughout our entire business relationship and in most cases have above and beyond to make certain I got any support needed to help me get going. We are now a completely self sufficient store and I have had the opportunity and pleasure to tell my story to many prospective franchisees. The most important question I am asked by future and prospective franchisees is “Would I do it again?” and I can answer that with an unqualified YES. Sincerely, Joe K. Lackey |
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Jeff and Gail Daily, Owners of Big Frog of Oldsmar |
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looking for the perfect business to invest in and we found it!
During our search we stumbled upon Big Frog and have never
looked back. The support we received from our initial
investigation until now has been above and beyond what we
expected. Behind what we considered a very attractive business
model were great people that helped make our LEAP into franchise
ownership a fantastic experience. Our business has continued to
grow month after month and we look forward to opening additional
franchises.” |
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Currently, the following states regulate the offer and sale of franchises:
In the U.S.: California, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Dakota, Oregon, Rhode Island, South Dakota, Virginia, Washington and Wisconsin.
If you are a resident of one of these states, we will not offer you a franchise unless and until we have complied with applicable pre-sale registration and disclosure requirements in your jurisdiction. Big Frog has registered with the state of Michigan.