This essay describes an undergraduate research project involving collaboration among two professors and a student. The result, a business case about the student's workplace, was ultimately presented at an academic conference and is now under consideration for publication. We describe the circumstances that led to the project, its outcomes, and our experiences. In addition, we provide guidance to other professors who wish to promote research collaborations with undergraduate students, referring to principles of assignment design as articulated by John Bean (2011) and the National Council of Teachers of English (2016), among others.