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<font size[http://ventureforamerica.org/ Venture for America] was founded in 2011 by Andrew Yang to train and place talented college graduates at start-up companies located in struggling cities. Modeled after [http://www.teachforamerica.org/ Teach for America], Venture for America seeks to revitalize America through entrepreneurship, while enabling opportunity and restoring an American culture of achievement. [[File:Ventureforamerica.png|frame|Ventureforamerica.png]]Since its inception, the organization has trained almost 100 fellows (today applications exceed availability), given fellows access to upwards of $100k in yearly seed funding and facilitated their placement in cities including Detroit, Cincinatti and New Orleans.&nbsp; = Purpose ="3">BOOM  Graduating from Columbia Law School, Andrew Yang was conflicted with what to do for his career. &nbsp;As with many other young professionals, Yang knew the options outside of working on Wall Street were slim and likely career-diverting. &nbsp;After working with, and starting several companies (Bits On Our Mindsrising to the rank of CEO in Manhattan GMAT) , Yang founded Venture for America, to increase the accessibility to the start-up process for college graduates. The problem today is an annual showcase that qualified college graduates crave hands-on business experience to learn how to start a business. &nbsp;Meanwhile, start-up companies struggle to hire due to lack of cutting-edge student research in digital technology at Cornell Universityresources since they have yet to establish their brand. &nbsp;Venture for America bridges this gap; the organization gives companies access to high quality, motivated young workers. BOOM  Overall, the goal is to funnel top young people into American startups, socialize them and provide future structures and role models for others. &nbsp;Venture fo America wishes to rebrand entrepreneurship as the most prestigious professional aspiration, as evident in its 16th one of their mottos: "Smart people should build things."&nbsp; = Distinct Differences From Other Offerings = == Venture for America Fellowship == After acceptance into the program, fellows commit to training and a two year commitment of work. Through training, fellows are given the skills to hit the ground running . &nbsp;Training sessions include lectures, visits from investors, website design challenges and practice with business creation. &nbsp;By the end of training, fellows are well versed in finance modeling, sales, public relations, branding, marketing and is organized by basic business/office etiquette. Fellows are then matched with the Department company of Computing best fit to them through an intense match-making process including preferences and phone/in person interviews. &nbsp;Companies must be able to show high growth potential (energy, biotech, health, information, technology, consumer markets) and are required to commit to $32-38k in salary (plus benefits), pay $2,500 to fund the fellow's training, and agree to actively growing the candidate (e.g. onthly sit-downs with the CEO). Fun Fact: Venture for America will still try and Information Science connect applicants with potential start-ups if they are not accepted into the fellowship.&nbsp; == Appeal == Venture for America appeals to young professionals in a few ways: *Prestige: looks good on a resume and has the reputation of attracting ivy league talent*Progress: brings young professionals to the College next level in their careers*Opportunity: keeps doors open*Money: workers are compensated for their work*Skills: fellows gain skills and training for anything and everything they will face*Community: fellows build a sense of Engineeringcommunity with other inspired individuals*Public Service: Fellows are doing a public good, both for local communities and America = Impact Achieved For Students and Campus = *Bottom line: Venture for America is a strong training program for graduating students who want to get into business creation and also helps revitalize our economy. Cornell University Todays VFA partnerships are over 50% non-technical, so it does not limit any candidates from applying (in some ways, the fellowship seeks to open doors particularly for these students). &nbsp;Therefore, Venture for America's resources would be best used on a campus looking to: (''a) ''give benevolent entrepreneurial students present projects that feature a large number of disciplines within digital technology such new outlet for post-graduation plans''''', ('''b'')'''&nbsp;c'''reate a role-model/success story, ''(c)''&nbsp;build support for this lifestyle as a career path.*By advertising Venture for America as gamesa prestigious scholarship/fellows program, roboticsa campus ambassador could build a long-term vision in students from varying degree paths and eventually place high achieving students in the program.&nbsp; = Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus = Here are the options for getting Venture for America involved on your campus:&nbsp; #Schedule an event. &nbsp;Venture for America is currently touring the country and visiting top schools and looking to expand. &nbsp;If your school is not scheduled for a visit (see calendar:&nbsp;[http://ventureforamerica.org/events/ http://ventureforamerica.org/events/]), autonomous vehiclescontact events@ventureforamerica.org for more information (VFA attracts a lot of attention at career fairs).#Become a VFA campus ambassador. &nbsp;Send resume and cover letter to jobs@ventureforamerica.org, and smartphone appstitled "Application for Campus Ambassador - [your name]." &nbsp;For more information see: [http://ventureforamerica.org/jobs/&nbsp http://ventureforamerica.org/jobs/]. = Contact Information = '''Mailing Address:'''<br/>Venture for America<br/>c/o Eileen Lee<br/>40 West 29th St., Suite 301<br/font>New York, NY 10001 '''info@ventureforamerica.org'''&nbsp; &nbsp; | &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;'''(646) 736-6460''' = Resources = [1]&nbsp;[http://ventureforamerica.org&nbsp http://ventureforamerica.org&amp;nbsp]; [2]&nbsp;[http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7537948&authType=NAME_SEARCH&authToken=DpBX&locale=en_US&srchid=2371142341380851232981&srchindex=7&srchtotal=687&trk=vsrp_people_res_photo&trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2371142341380851232981%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7537948%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary http://www.linkedin.com/profile/view?id=7537948&amp;authType=NAME_SEARCH&amp;authToken=DpBX&amp;locale=en_US&amp;srchid=2371142341380851232981&amp;srchindex=7&amp;srchtotal=687&amp;trk=vsrp_people_res_photo&amp;trkInfo=VSRPsearchId%3A2371142341380851232981%2CVSRPtargetId%3A7537948%2CVSRPcmpt%3Aprimary]   ''Also see:'' [https://twitter.com/venture4america https://twitter.com/venture4america] [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t383l_7-o4o&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t383l_7-o4o&amp;feature=youtu.be]&nbsp;(Andrew Yang @ Georgetown TEDx) [[Category:Resources]]