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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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LabCDMX: Experiment 50
Weiss, Mitchell B.; Miguel, Maria FernandaCase HBS-817031-EEntrepreneurshipThere were probably 30,000 public buses, minibuses, and vans in Mexico City. Though, in 2015, no one knew for certain since no comprehensive schedule existed. This was why el Laboratorio para la Ciudad (or LabCDMX) had spawned an effort to generate a map of the labyrinth system that provided an estimated 14 million rides a day. Gabriella G mez-Mont, the Lab's founder and director, had led her team in a project to crowd-source the routes from vol...Starting at €8.20
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A Financial Perspective (Spanish version)
Segel, Arthur I; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-208S15EntrepreneurshipPatrimonio Hoy, a program targeting the housing needs of low-income families launched by CEMEX, a major Mexican corporation and a leading global cement company, has gone from a market research project to a highly visible initiative in 22 cities and has earned public recognition. The president of Cemex North America must decide whether it is corporate social responsibility or a new business line. In the process, it allows analysis of the Patrimoni...Starting at €8.20
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Patrimonio Hoy (Spanish version)
Segel, Arthur I; Chu, Michael; Herrero, Gustavo A.Case HBS-811S14EntrepreneurshipPatrimonio Hoy es un programa dirigido a las necesidades de vivienda de la población de bajos ingresos por CEMEX, empresa mexicana importante y líder en la producción mundial de cemento. Originalmente concebido como un proyecto para comprender los clientes en el segmento de la autoconstrucción mejor, un componente principal de la casa reconocimiento de la capacidad concentrada en barrios de bajos ingresos, Patrimonio Hoy ha generado mexicana y la...Starting at €8.20
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Nubank: Democratizing Financial Services
Chu, Michael; Larangeira, Carla; Levindo, PedroCase HBS-321068-EEntrepreneurship"Nubank, a wholly-digital solution created to disrupt Brazilian banking, with 6 million clients and a $4 billion valuation after five years, must decide whether to expand to Mexico. The company was founded in S o Paulo in 2013 by Colombian-born David VStarting 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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INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL
Nanda, Ramana; Kerr, William R.; Knoop, Carin-IsabelCase HBS-812008-EEntrepreneurshipIn their second year, two Mexican HBS MBAs joined forces to start a search fund based in Mexico City. They had raised money to acquire an existing private company in Mexico with an initial enterprise value between $5 million and $15 million. Just seven months after raising the fund, they were about to close a deal on a target company, but the seller wants to renegotiate.Starting at €8.20
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Scaling a Startup: People and Organizational Issues
Eisenmann, Thomas R.; Wagonfeld, Alison BerkleyCase HBS-812100-EEntrepreneurshipThis note discusses the organizational challenges that startups often encounter as they begin to scale rapidly, along with approaches to addressing these challenges suggested by scholars, investors, and experienced entrepreneurs. The challenges fall into five broad areas: the need to formalize organizational structure; executive transitions; the need for management systems/processes; evolution of the board of directors role; and, preservation of ...Starting at €8.20
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INNOVA-MEX's Bid for ENKONTROL, Teaching Note
Kerr, William R.; Nanda, RamanaTeaching Note HBS-813087-EEntrepreneurshipTeaching Note for 812008Starting at €0.00