Overview
Overview:
Venture for America is a fellowship program for enterprising recent college graduates to launch their careers as entrepreneurs and revitalize American cities. After five weeks of training, VFA Fellows spend two years in the trenches of a startup in an emerging U.S. city where they learn how to contribute to a high-growth business. Afterwards, VFA provides the mentorship, network, and resources Fellows need to become entrepreneurs.
Our goal is to fuel job growth in cities throughout the U.S. while empowering our best and brightest to create value in their communities. We aim to produce effective and high-character builders who will found and lead quality organizations throughout their careers. Through the program, our mission is:
- To revitalize American cities and communities through entrepreneurship.
- To enable our best and brightest to create new opportunities for themselves and others.
- To restore the culture of achievement to include value-creation, risk & reward, and the common good.
Details:
- Length: 2 years
- Apply: September, November, and February each year
Spud’s Thoughts:
I love this program. I particularly love that you get to see the full journey of a startup for a significant amount of time – 2 years – compared to a short internship. A lot happens and changes with a startup, so your perspective will be so much greater the longer, and more committed, you are to the group. If you are interested in becoming an entrepreneur but don’t have an idea or the energy to start off on your own, then consider doing a fellowship program like this one. It’s very similar to the Peace Corp or Teach for America, just focused on entrepreneurship.
