Introduction -- Founding a company and formulating a basic narrative -- The prior experience of Henrik Thorning and the context of the start-up -- Putting resources to service and strengthening the basic narrative in the start-up process -- How should the profiles of fiberline be sold? -- The...

Purpose This chapter is intended to present the onset, evolution, and decline of Compañía Minera El Zancudo , considered the largest Colombian company in the nineteenth century. Additionally, the chapter will examine its role in both the development of manufacturing industries and the...