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Altair (A): The Start of a Management Consulting Firm
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-147-EEntrepreneurshipOn December 15, 2009, following a long discussion, Juan Carlos Martínez accompanied one of his Advisory Board members to the door. While returning to the office to tidy his desk, he thought about the last words said to him: "Remember what we ended up invoicing in 2008, in the middle of the crisis. You and I both know how hard it was to get there... Of course we can make it happen again." Juan Carlos was definitely thinking along the same lines, b...Starting at €8.20
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Altair (B): Resolutely Headed Toward the Future
Martínez, Juan Carlos; Prats, Mª JuliaCase E-148-EEntrepreneurshipJuan Carlos Martínez recalled 2009 as a nightmare. In 2002, together with four other partners, he had set up the strategic consulting firm Altair. From achieving record turnover in 2008, the company went into technical bankruptcy in December 2009, with losses of more than 350,000, few clients and in the final stages of a restructuring process that had left the team diminished and unmotivated - working practically without pay and hoping to see li...Starting at €5.74