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Interior Collab

By: Lindsay N. Hyde, Thomas R. Eisenmann and Tom Quinn
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  • | Language:English
  • | Pages:17
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Abstract

After venture capital-funded online interior design agency Homepolish collapsed, its former freelance designers met to discuss next steps. The bitter experience led some of them to create a workers’ collaborative called Interior Collab. The founding members needed to recruit members and build a business plan – how could they do that while staying away from the traps Homepolish had fallen into?

Keywords

Business Exit or Shutdown; Business Model; Entrepreneurship; Human Capital; Growth and Development Strategy; Cooperative Ownership; Employee Ownership; Trust; Service Industry; Technology Industry; United States; New York (city, NY)

Citation

Hyde, Lindsay N., Thomas R. Eisenmann, and Tom Quinn. "Interior Collab." Harvard Business School Case 823-006, March 2023.
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Thomas R. Eisenmann

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