Eye-Q: Building a Scalable Business Model

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Abstract

On April 15, 2009, Rajat Goel and Dr Ajay Sharma, the co-founders of Eye-Q hospitals, a super-specialty chain of eye care hospitals in north India, were reviewing their current business model of providing quality eye care at affordable prices in Tier II and Tier III cities. They had thought their business model would be successful from the beginning as there was a clear need in their target markets. However, even after two years of operation, they did not achieve the breakeven. They encountered various challenges in executing the business model. Now, they were contemplating the modifications required to make the current model successful.

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Product Type Case
Reference No. CIIE0032
Title Eye-Q: Building a Scalable Business Model
Pages 19
Published on Apr 11, 2025
Year of Event 2025
Authors Singla, Chitra; Jena, Sanjay Kumar; Sethuram, Shridhar; Goel, Soumya;
Area Centre for Innovation, Incubation, and Entrepreneurship (CIIE)
Discipline Innovation and Entrepreneurship, Operations Management, Strategic Management
Sector Health
Learning Objective Understand the pros and cons of scalability dilemmas that entrepreneurs face. Analyse the execution issues involved in scaling up a start-up business when founders have no/less entrepreneurial experience. Assess the advantages and disadvantages of a low-cost, high-quality healthcare (eye care) business model designed for small Indian towns. Develop a perspective of the context of the eye care sector and the strategies of lowcost eye care players in India.
Keywords Multi-Specialty Eye Care; Business Model; Business Scale; Startup; Healthcare Management; Entrepreneurship
Country India
State Haryana
City Gurgaon
Organization Eye Q
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