Wired for Business is a grassroots organization, a community of interest formed by and for people who share a passion for the revolutionary impact of the Internet on business. Recognizing that the way businesses do business with each other is rapidly changing - and changing globally - Wired for Business founders came together to build a leadership organization with an educational outreach mission.

Seizing the obvious opportunity to channel this widespread interest in business-to-business Internet strategy and technology into a regional outreach forum, the Wired for Business founders formed a Planning Committee that included 15 companies and organizations from the Capital Region. The community-building momentum behind Wired for Business is vividly seen in the attendance at its first community events, building from 12 attendees in April, to 50 in May, and 250 in June! On June 8, 2000 the Wired for Business Planning Committee met for the first time at CIT to begin building a regional organization to assist businesses understand the revolutionary changes in B2B commerce, and to adapt to this rapidly changing, Internet-enabled business environment.