How is Chessiecap’s business and technology consulting different from other business consulting firms?
First of all, we’re not a body shop. We don’t make our living putting 20 people on a project for 18 months. In fact, we take pride in just the opposite approach. Our work is highly concentrated and designed to bring almost immediate results. We work in small teams on short engagements – usually 3 to 6 months – that generate increased value for companies. What is a Value Generation engagement? It’s a new strategy and business plan that successfully raises investment capital. It’s a product plan and subsequent release that enables a sales force to sell more. It’s a new technical architecture that reduces operations costs and makes customers more satisfied. It’s preparing a client for due diligence by working with a CTO to build a great technology presentation that will convince an investor to fund a growth strategy. All those things generate value. Our consultants are senior-level experts in their fields – efficient and committed. When a client’s underlying business is running well and s