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Since 1995, the Potomac KnowledgeWay Project has helped the Greater Washington
region become aware of the opportunities and challenges of the New Economy. Having
successfully completed its mission, we pass on the heritage of the KnowledgeWay to
other regional leaders, innovators and entrepreneurs who will continue the vision.
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UPDATES:
Roadmap of Resources
• No longer accepting submissions
Regional Events Calendar
• No longer accepting submissions
Regional News
• Discontinued
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Accomplishments
The Potomac KnowledgeWay Project was established in 1995 with the mission of helping the
Greater Washington region gain recognition as a global leader in the telecommunications
and emerging Internet arena. During that time, the staff, with Board of Directors' support
as well as investor funding from some of the region's largest firms, accomplished the
following:
- Provided a "think tank" organization for leaders within the industry. To this end,
the KnowledgeWay set forth a vision for the future that acknowledged how the Internet
would be at the core as a new economic driver of telecommunications, Internet services
and information;
- Increased the awareness among business leaders and politicians of the region's
potential in the New Economy, including the publication of a landmark study that defined
the importance of the InfoComm cluster in the region;
- Acted as a catalyst behind the Netpreneur Program, now run by the Morino Institute,
which has helped build a strong entrepreneurial community including thousands of Internet,
information and communications entrepreneurs, business people, technology professionals
and academia in the Greater Washington Region, and with investors and experts from all
over the world. Every week, over 7000 people receive Netpreneur News and Netpreneur Calendar,
and it has become one of the primary sources of information in the region for those
funding and starting companies. Over 15,000 people have attended Netpreneur Program
events across the region. Effective January 1998 the Morino Institute assumed full
responsibility and ownership for the Netpreneur Program. Now institutionalized, the
Morino Institute continues to fund, operate and develop this program as it nurtures a
growing community of entrepreneurs, investors and service firms within the region.
- Influenced a New Economy focus for the Potomac Conference; and
- Acted as a catalyst for the Internet Policy Institute, announced in April,
1999, which will be researching and helping to shape policy matters of the Internet.
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