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"Venture for America" is an organization, founded in 2011 by Andrew Yang, that trains and places talented college graduates at startup companies located in struggling cities.  Modeled after "Teach for America," the non-profit seeks to revitalize America through entrepreneurship, while enabling opportunity and restoring an American culture of achievement.  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 [1]. 

Overall, the goal is to funnel top young people into American startups, socialize them, and provide future structures and role models for others.      They wish to rebrand entrepreneurship as the most prestigious professional aspiration, as evident in one of their mottos: "Smart people should build things." 

test2<span style="font-size: 14px;">'''Venture for America Fellowship'''</span>   After acceptance into the program, fellows commit to training and a two year commitment of work. At 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 basic business/office etiquette [1]. Fellows are matched with the company of best fit to them through an intense matchmaking process including preferences and phone/in person interviews. &nbsp;Companies must be 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,&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 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 community with other inspired individuals*Public Service: Fellows are doing a public good, both for local communities and America