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<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].
After acceptance into Fellows are matched with the programcompany 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, fellows 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 a two year commitment of workagree to actively growing the candidate (e.g. Monthly sit-downs with the CEO).
At training, fellows Fun Fact: Venture for America will still try and connect applicants with potential startups if they are given the skills to hit not accepted into the ground runningfellowship. &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:
*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
 
= 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 but also help revitalize our economy. &nbsp;Today's VFA partnerships are over 50% non-technical, so nobody is limited 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&nbsp;'''a)&nbsp;'''Give benevolent entrepreneurial students a new outlet for post-graduation plans,&nbsp;'''b'''''')&nbsp;'''Create a role-model/success story, '''c)&nbsp;'''Build support for this lifestyle as a career path.
 
By advertising Venture for America as a prestigious scholarship/fellowship, a campus ambassador could build a long-term vision in students from varying degree paths and eventually place high achieving students in the program.&nbsp;
 
 
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= Steps Required To Bring Resource to Campus =
 
 
= Contact Information =
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