"The Cisco Entrepreneur Institute's mission is to empower and enable SMB customers with the knowhow they need to accelerate their business", says Andres Sintes, Global Director - Cisco Learning Partner Channel. "The institute's tech-enabling business practices, coupled with Global Knowledge's overall Cisco Authorised Training portfolio, looks to maximize the end-to-end business-to-technology learning and enablement experience for all our customers and channel partners."

The main objective of the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute is to train small-business owners and entrepreneurs who, in the absence of the correct skills and a successful business plan, are challenged to develop and grow their businesses. The courses and workshops available in the Cisco Entrepreneur Institute Programme include modules like Create a Business, Growing a Business, iEXEC Enterprise Essentials, Web 2.0, and Entrepreneurial Mindset.

These modules will be complemented with Global Knowledge's exclusive and unique Leadership and Business Skills training portfolio, which includes the training courses Leadership, Conflict Management, Basic Finance, Organisational Management, Sales Skills, and Negotiation.

The duration of these courses varies between 35 and 70 hours of classroom training and will be complemented with online training through the use of the Cisco WebEx videoconferencing solution. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to access other interesting content such as videos of entrepreneurial leaders.