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...appreciate the journalism of The Crimson in its article “DormAid Could Face HSA Lawsuit,” (news, Oct. 6), because most students would never find out the lengths to which Harvard Student Agencies (HSA) is willing to go to rout competition. To make things abundantly clear, there are no stolen business plans or breaches of contract. We had no reason to take anything from HSA, and, if anything, we were too charitable as we worked 60-hour weeks without overtime pay, I donated my vehicle to be used as a delivery truck without reimbursement...
...think the real story lies with the fact that HSA is practically a monopoly on campus and will do anything to protect that position. Why do you think they would be coming after DormAid so strongly? Do you really think grocery delivery is a patentable idea? (I think Peapod would beg to differ.) It is simply because we may be the first form of competition HSA has seen in ages as we expand our services into DormStep, a delivery service for laundry and groceries. I won’t elaborate on the nastiness of HSA and its lawyers, although...
...editors: It is important that students and other readers of The Crimson know several critical facts that were missing from last week’s article concerning DormAid and Harvard Student Agencies (“DormAid Could Face HSA Lawsuit,” news, Oct. 6). This is not simply a case of some employees wanting to go their separate ways from HSA. These students were managers and were being paid by HSA to create business plans for HSA to expand its grocery and laundry services to area colleges. These are the very business plans they took with them...
Kopko and Cecot said the DormAid executives also received communication from the College’s Administrative Board to inform them that an investigation was being conducted, but on Oct. 4 they received word that they would not have to go before the Ad Board...
Kopko and his brother Matthew Kopko, a sophomore at Princeton, founded DormAid last spring to offer professional cleaning services for dorm rooms on both of their campuses. The service has since expanded to Boston University, Babson College, Dickinson College, New York University, and University of Pennsylvania...