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Welcome to Chartwell Group
Introduction
Chartwell Principal David J Snell focuses his "other-than-family" attention on two areas:
- Corporate and High Tech Strategy, Sales, Marketing and High-Tech News with a focus on Mobile and Social Networking; and,
- Coverage of the exponentially growing sport of Pickleball through the Pickleball Passion™ series of Blogs and Chartwell Group web site postings - see our dedicated Pickleball page under the Pickleball Passion heading and Blogs here (latest series are our Pickleball Myth Busters)
This page and immediately following pages (navigation tabs above) focus on the first topic outlined above being Corporate and High Tech Strategy, Sales, Marketing and High Tech News:
“I shall not attempt to answer the question regarding what your business should be. First, one should not answer such a question off the top of one’s head. . . . secondly, one man’s opinion, no matter how brilliant, is at best one man’s opinion. I can only ask questions. The answers have to be yours.”*
*what Peter Drucker urged the founders of the investment bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette to ask themselves
Thank you for visiting Chartwell Group. We are a private company founded in 2002 specializing in providing high technology consulting and services as follows:
- Occasional equity investments and Board membership in promising new category, disruptive technology, high tech companies like FusionPipe Software, RezMonkey, QuickMobile (bought by CVENT 2018), EasyRez (bought in 2014), MAKE Technologies (bought by Dell in April 2012), DEES Communications (bought by NICE Systems for $65M), and HotHaus (bought by Broadcom for C$414M in one of the largest tech acquisitions in BC at the time)
- Global speaking engagements and trade show appearances including but not limited to master of ceremonies, breakout sessions, keynote, workshop, educational, training and certification modules, and event leadership
- High technology interim executive assignments (executive, operating, sales, business and channel development, and marketing) and consulting
- Longer term executive management contracts specializing in repositioning, product announcements, upsizing or downsizing, and capital attainment and shareholder worth improvement
- Sales and marketing consulting, training, CRM, strategic selling and account planning seminars and tutorials
Whether your business is introducing a new product in a new category, starting-up, re-organizing, re-engineering or expanding, key elements to the success of the company are: planning and implementing your MVP (Minimum Viable Product) or as some refer to it now, your MAP (Minimum Awesome Product); strategic and tactical planning; business plans for investment purposes, team building, target market analysis; and, product marketing, and professional sales and marketing management.
You may need a change agent to assist you in moving the company in new directions. You may need to investigate a new or existing market, potential channels and strategic partners, pricing, promotional initiatives and develop launch plans. You may want to develop a plan to build the business, improve profitability and find a buyer to monitize your investments. You may need to grow your business from zero software revenue to a trajectory of $100M (we have helped do this several times). You may need help in developing a business plan and position your company to raise additional capital. Chartwell Group can assist you in all of these areas with proven methods and processes which will enable you to ensure your success.
Our clients include small entrepreneurial and medium sized companies in various high technology and vertical market areas. We have served organizations in:
- Worldwide mobile cyber-security and authentication software solutions
- Meetings and events mobile technologies
- Technology applications in the hospitality industry
- Indoor GPS mobile solutions and mapping
- Telecommunications (IP softphones and mobile/fixed line software services)
- SaaS services
- Tablet (iPad, PlayBook and others) and SmartPhone applications and mobile websites
- Robotics and machine vision, manufacturing, networking, and online collaboration (VoIP, SMS/MMS, video, PPT)
- Internet vacation planning and online booking
- Healthcare and various other IT related manufacturing and services companies.
Chartwell Group is committed to providing each and every one of our clients with the best solutions for their business, conducted in a professional manner. Please refer to Testimonials in About Us.
Advantage Magazine - Life Without Passwords
Advantage Magazine article overviewing FusionPipe's unique approach to end user authentication and David Snell's career leading to his position as co-founder, CEO and Chairman of the Board of Directors
TC3 Interview
Canada Startup Awards
Startup Canada Announces that David Snell is the BC and North Senior Entrepreneur of the Year.
David Snell, CEO and Chairman of FusionPipe Software Solutions, accepts BC's Most Innovative Technology Company award, audience choice. The award was presented at the recent NextBC gala hosted by DigiBC at Vancouver's beautiful Science World. Fusionpipe was also selected for a second time as BC's most innovative tech companies.
Frommer's COMPETE CMO Conference, New Orleans, GA
Testimonials...Please see "About Us"
Chartwell Chatter - Current Sayings
Steve Jobs
“When you grow up you tend to get told that the world is the way it is and your life is just to live your life inside the world. Try not to bash into the walls too much. Try to have a nice family life, have fun, save a little money. That’s a very limited life. Life can be much broader once you discover one simple fact: everything around you that you call life was made up by people that were no smarter than you. And you can change it, you can influence it… Once you learn that, you’ll never be the same again.”
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
Read more: Some Inspirational Sayings & Quotes By Steve Jobs
“Be a yardstick of quality. Some people aren’t used to an environment where excellence is expected.”
Read more: Some Inspirational Sayings & Quotes By Steve Jobs
Peter Drucker
"People who don't take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year. People who do take risks generally make about two big mistakes a year."
Read more at: Peter Drucker sayings
Chartwell Headlines - Latest High Tech News Go Here...
Lindsay Willms - Snell, Finalist (Top 5)
Canada's CBC Television Countrywide "Champions of Change"
Canada's CBC Television Countrywide "Champions of Change"
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