Venture For America

07/04/2024

Wishing you a wonderful holiday! 🎇

06/28/2024

Here are some fast facts about our Class of 2024 Fellows! Strong startups are fueled by great talent and our newest Fellows can meet their hiring needs. If you're looking for talent for your startup, learn how you can hire a Fellow here: https://ventureforamerica.org/hire-a-fellow/.

06/20/2024

In May, we shared that we were partnering with HackinMiami for their inaugural AI-focused hackathon. The event took place last weekend and two participating VFAers - Dylan Shirallie and Moses Nandi - placed second along with their teammates!

They won Delta airlines credits and hotdesk access at the host co-working site for building TongueSten, a fitness-tracking app. Read more in Refresh Miami: https://refreshmiami.com/miamis-1st-ai-hackathon-stokes-the-spirit-of-innovation-and-we-have-winners/.

06/19/2024

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06/18/2024

"Simeon regretted the way she voted in her first election, vowing to help young people overcome the same frustrations."

"The experience motivated Simeon to create Politics on the Go, or POGO, a free mobile app that provides information on political candidates, policy issues and elections. It comes in an era of political gamesmanship and a growing loss of faith in the democratic process." Read more on Fellow Founder Arabia Simeon's story in Bridge Detroit: https://www.bridgedetroit.com/gen-z-app-creator-hopes-to-empower-a-young-generation-of-voters/.

Politics on the go, or POGO, provides information on political candidates, policy issues, voter registration status and more.

06/17/2024

Our CEO Carrie Murphy recently appeared on Andrew Yang's podcast Forward. During her conversation with VFA's founder, they explored the changes in the entrepreneurial landscape, the value of learning by doing, and what's new at Venture For America.

Yang also shared a takeaway regarding our Fellows: "I would especially urge if you are a manager at a company and you need someone incredible, imagine the most talented, gritty, resilient, enterprising young person you've ever met and then it's that person, generally, with a couple of plusses on top of it." Learn how you can hire these individuals by visiting ventureforamerica.org/hire-a-fellow.

Listen to the episode of Forward on Apple or Spotify, or give it a watch on Youtube: https://youtu.be/Pdsb35vqH64.

06/13/2024

2018er Mickey Wolf was appointed as CEO of Dent Education after having spent more than four years with the organization. He recently interviewed with City Biz about Dent's work and 's youth innovators:

06/12/2024

Our Fellows are a great fit from a skills and culture perspective, are looking for opportunities to grow with a company, and have access to a network of resources and supporters to aid in their professional growth. Learn how you can hire a Fellow today: https://ventureforamerica.org/hire-a-fellow/.

06/01/2024

Happy Month!

05/31/2024

Check out our newest issue of the Dispatch, a monthly newsletter that gives insight into our work as we help create a world where anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur can: https://vfaemail.ventureforamerica.org/t/t-4CB160B3AA7AC7922540EF23F30FEDED.

Want to subscribe? Visit this link: https://vfaemail.ventureforamerica.org/h/t/8559FB529D3A6506.

05/30/2024

Congrats to Alum Brian Rudolph and his company, Banza, for being named to TIME's 100 Most Influential Companies list! Banza is pegged as "the fifth biggest pasta brand in the U.S." and you can read more about them here: https://time.com/6979977/banza/.

05/24/2024

Hitting the road to kickoff the holiday weekend? Give our two newest VFA Pulse podcast episodes a listen! They feature Alum Benjamin Seidman, a recent Shark Tank participant, and Rachael Allen, an entrepreneurial powerhouse and serial entrepreneur: https://ventureforamerica.org/podcast/.