Cisco Opens
Entrepreneur Institute in Costa Rica;
Cisco has announced the creation of the
Cisco Entrepreneur Institute in Costa Rica
to help small and medium business
entrepreneurs improve their business skills
and learn how to use information and
collaboration technologies.
The first training centres will be ITS
InfoCom and Parque Tec, which during the
first year will offer Cisco Entrepreneur
Institute's training courses to 500 Costa
Rican entrepreneurs.
ITS InfoCom is a provider of integrated IT
services which creates high tech solutions
based on the convergence of information
technology and telecommunications.
Asociacion Incubadora Parque Tec is a
non-profit organization founded in 2004. It
has become a centre for the incubation of
businesses in Costa Rica and acts as an
enabler for technology companies in the
country. Its main purpose is to promote the
entrepreneurial spirit generated by
innovative ideas in the technological
sector.
The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute is the
result of the agreement entered into by
Cisco, ITS InfoCom and Parque Tec. The
initiative's goal is to contribute to the
development of small and medium businesses
through the use of ICTs, improve broadband
penetration and transfer business and
Information Technologies knowledge.
- In its first phase, the Cisco Entrepreneur
Institute will train 500 entrepreneurs from
the city of San José. In a second phase, the
Institute will offer courses in other
provinces of the country.
- The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute plans to
open its doors next February 15th. Its
courses will be delivered through a
combination of e-learning , in-person
classes and audio visual materials.
- The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute's
students will have access to Web 2.0
technologies and advanced and open
architecture tools such as Moodle, as well
as to collaboration technologies such as
Cisco WebEx for a more complete learning
experience.
- The Institute's courses are based on the
experiences of successful entrepreneurs and
important business leaders, combined with
the practical knowledge acquired in more
than 22 years of business experience.
- The Institute uses world-class learning
resources with course content derived from
sources such as Stanford and Cornell
Universities, and from My Own Business Inc.,
a non-profit organization with more than 15
years of experience helping create
successful businesses.
- The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute is
present in Mexico, Chile and Colombia, and
has government support in each of these
countries.
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