Huang: Seagrass Pottery cannot reach $1B scale without franchising locations
Che Wong · Advice Line: New Offerings, Bigger Markets · May 14, 2026 · at 8:09
Chieh Huang advises founder Christina Latreverse on the physical scaling limitations of running company-owned craft studios versus adopting a franchise model.
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“I don't think, I cannot imagine a world where, and I'm not saying this is your end result that you want, but I can't imagine seagrass pottery being a billion dollar business if you don't scale the physical locations via franchising.”
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