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Primedic-Providing Primary Care in Mexico
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Cuellar, Regina Garcia; Margulies, LaurenCase HBS-811040-EEntrepreneurshipPrimedic is a Mexican start-up that aims to deliver affordable primary and preventative healthcare to those at the base of the economic pyramid. The company is about to exhaust its first round of venture capital funding, and the business model has yet to gain traction. How should the business model be changedm and should the venture capitalists continue to fund the company?Starting at €8.20
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salaUno: Eliminating Needless Blindness in Mexico
Hamermesh, Richard G.; Cuellar, Regina Garcia; Moy, ValeriaCase HBS-814041-EEntrepreneurshipIn May 2013 the co-founders and co-CEOs of salaUno, Javier Okhuysen and Carlos Orellana, were encouraged by the results of their fledgling start-up. salaUno was founded as a for-profit enterprise in order to have the capital needed for rapid growth and to fulfill its mission of Eliminating Needless Blindness in Mexico. salaUno had grown from doing 75 cataract surgeries in its first month of operation to a high of 388 surgeries 21 months later. Th...Starting at €8.20
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Primedic - Providing Primary Care in Mexico, Teaching Note
Hamermesh, Richard G.Teaching Note HBS-811074-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 811040.Starting at €0.00
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George Soros: The Stateless Statesman
Jones, Geoffrey; Ying, WendyCase HBS-321012-EEntrepreneurshipThis case traces the business career and philanthropic activities of George Soros. The Hungarian-born Soros made a fortune as a hedge fund investor after establishing Quantum Fund on the tax haven island of Cura ao in the Netherlands Antilles in 1973 where he was largely free from regulation. He earned a notorious reputation as the "man who broke the Bank of England" in 1992 and for his role in the Asian Financial Crisis in 1997. Soros also beca...Starting at €8.20