September 5, 1996
The Morino Institute
announced today that it will join MCI in support of the
Potomac KnowledgeWay Project to cultivate net entrepreneurs
in the greater Washington region. The Potomac KnowledgeWay
Project is a non-profit organization created to help the
greater Washington region seize the economic, educational
and social opportunities of the communications revolution
and become the global center of the knowledge industry.
The Potomac KnowledgeWay Project, along with MCI and
the Morino Institute is committed to devising a support system
to help net entrepreneurs in the greater Washington region
bring net-centric products and services to market faster. The
centerpiece of this support system will be a new Web site to be
developed, designed and hosted by MCI and the Morino Institute.
The Institute will also define, acquire and manage the site's
content.
"Fostering and promoting net entrepreneurship is an
important building block to the long-term mission of the Morino
Institute," said Mario Morino, chairman of the Morino Institute
and founder and former vice chair of Legent Corporation. "The
Institute was established to help communities and individuals
manage the benefits and risks of the communications revolution
and the resulting transformation in the way we live, work and
learn. Reaching net entrepreneurs through the Potomac KnowledgeWay
Project will provide the Morino Institute the opportunity
to leverage the development of micro-enterprise and youth and
social entrepreneurship as we strive to foster innovation and
greater work opportunities at all socio-economic levels."
"The Morino Institute's support of the net entrepreneurs
program is symbolic of its deep understanding of the systemic
change that is occurring in our society today and the need to
enable the entrepreneurs who are creating net-based products
and services," said April Young, executive director of the Potomac
KnowledgeWay Project.
The Morino Institute will join MCI and the Potomac
KnowledgeWay Project in finalizing the details of the net
entrepreneurs program over the next few months. The Potomac
KnowledgeWay Project plans to roll the new program out by the
end of 1996.
Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, the Morino Institute
is dedicated to opening the doors of opportunityeconomic,
civic, health and educationand empowering people to improve
their lives and communities in the communications age. The
Institute helps individuals and institutions harness the power
of information and the potential of interactive communications
as tools for overcoming the challenges that face them.
The Potomac KnowledgeWay Project has quickly emerged as
a powerful and positive force in Maryland, Virginia and the
District of Columbia. In addition to net entrepreneurship,
the organization is focused on three other primary initiatives:
increasing awareness of what the communications revolution means
to individuals, businesses and institutions in the greater
Washington region; promoting a net-savvy workforce; and advancing
a regional information infrastructure that will improve
connectedness throughout the region.