Why Being the First to innovate is paramount
(but imitation is the sincerest form of flattery)
Hello all, Joe here.
When I started Commsupport in the famous garden shed at the end of my garden on that cold January in 2007 many people used to call and ask how I could offer courses at such low prices when every other training company was charging thousands for the same course, well since that fateful January I have proved that a great course can be delivered despite the low cost much to the distress of my competitors.
With over 1700 students having attended our courses, (And I am still driving a 10 year old Astra, eh???) a number not equaled by any other training company in the UK we have proved that I and my gang of elves at Commsupport have built a company which is a very hard act to beat let alone follow.
Some would say why didn't I just tow the line and offer the same courses at the same prices and make a killing. The truth is I could have easily done that (and I would not be driving a 10 year old Astra), but I have always been the sort of person that loves a good scrap and that's exactly how we like to view overselves, we're the underdogs, friday night bar room brawlers, above all we want to be different from the legions of sharks out there. It is this view that has been the driving force behind the idea that we have to be the first to innovate new ideas and concepts, it really annoys the market but benefits our students.
The first, last and every moment in between my mind is occupied by the single thought of how to improve the experience that my students have with us. Ultimately it is you the student which puts the bread on our table and roof over our heads, this is a sentiment held by all of us at Commsupport, it's only logical you get the best course possible, to date I think we have done damn good job, over 1700 good jobs and counting
THEN: Below the famous "Commsupport" garden shed at the bottom of my garden were we first started
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NOW: Below; Dedicated Classrooms (We never use rented rooms) We're not a traveling circus!
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London ______________ Joe (Grrr!)_________Birmingham
(Manchester Pictures Coming, I can't remember which Folder I put them in)
Take a look at the list of firsts that were pioneered by us:
1. BREAK/FIXtm We're the first school in the country to make it part of every CCNA course to run continual break/fix sessions in the classroom after the labs (The 1st and the best), before Commsupport no other company did this, it has proved so popular that students come to us for that alone.
2. FREE TRAINING DAYS: We're the first school in the country to offer free one day training sessions to help people to decide if networking was for them before parting with any money.
3. FULLY KITTED OUT LABS: We're the first school in the country to offer 6 pieces of lab equipment per student on the CCNA courses.
4. LIVE ON-LINE INSTRUCTOR LED CLASSES We're the first school in Europe to offer line on-line Webinars so that our students can keep as current as possible
5. CUSTOM MADE VIDEOS We're the FIRST school in Europe to have custom made all of our own complete set of CCNA videos, we don't cheat you by giving you "Free Videos" out the back of a cheap CCNA manual
6. FREE WORK EXPERIENCE IN OUR CLASSROOMS: We were the first school in the country to offer work experience in the way of the LABRAT so that anyone could gain experience in our classrooms as assistants.
7. UNLIMITED FREE RETRAINING: We were the first to offer complete free re-training with no time limit, no having to take exam first conditions, free re-training means free retraining without the strings attached. we do ask that you attend the whole of the original course
8. FULLY KITTED OUT LABS IN THE PROFESSIONAL COURSES: We were the first school in the country to offer 5 pieces of lab equipment per student on the CCNP BSCI / BCMSN courses.
9. We're the first school to offer all of the Advanced CCNA courses with one Lab per student, even though the kit cost an arm and a leg.
10. We're the first school to offer the Last day assessment LAB at the completion of every CCNA course
Come in and Visit us
Still not convinced that training can be delivered as such affordable prices?, well, just give us a call and talk to one of our instructors
We are so confident and passionate about what we do that we offer our services for free on the "free one day intro to networking" courses that we run on a regular basis, our prices are not the only great thing about us.You are welcome to come and visit us at the classrooms, any time you like between 9am and 5pm, 6 days a week, (London only, please call for Manchester and Birmingham) see us in action, speak to our students and make an informed decision as to whether we are the training company that can help you achieve your goals.
All we ask is that you give us a call prior to you coming over. Check out our FAQ's and read how we have become the largest provider of Cisco classroom based courses in the UK.
Those Lazy Clowns Clones Companies
Our Success has led to a spate of clone network training companies starting up in the attempt to imitate our recipe, what do we think of them?, you would think that we would be a bit peeved but to be honest we welcome them all, the more competition the merrier we say, it gives us here at Commsupport even more incentive to innovate and push harder to be even better than we are now and to always give our students the best technical training course they have ever had!. Teaching is an art and our passion, in brief, competition is great for Commsupport and great for the consumer.
Our competitors will say that being the first to introduce new ideas is not important some of our more dull witted competitors call our innovative methods gibberish or gimmicks, envy gentlemen, envy!!!
We never listen to the static and noise our esteemed competitors emit, we say there is nothing more important other that delivering the best service to our students, that's what keeps us going. A company which does not give their heart and soul to that one purpose is deluded and confused as to the point of training and passing on knowledge.
So to quote one of my favourite "rubbish" films "If you're not first, you're last". Where we innovate others will copy and copying means laziness. So would you rather be taught by an innovative company or a lazy, deluded, confused kind of company? you know the ones that'll claim to beat us by 5%, is that the best they can do!, how's about everyday we beat everyone by 100% Grrrrrr
We like to say that there is only one network engineer training school in the UK, there is only one Commsupport!
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