2023 Venture For America Fellow
About Venture For America
At Venture For America, we envision a country where anyone who wants to be an entrepreneur can. We bring this vision to life with a two-year Fellowship for recent college graduates interested in entrepreneurship and creating an impact in American cities. Fellows apply for jobs at startups and high-growth companies within our private job portal, learn important startup skills starting at our summer Training Camp, and work as full-time, salaried employees in one of our 13 cities. We believe that some of the best learnings come through experience so, throughout the Fellowship and after, we provide programming to help Fellows grow into startup leaders and founders.
Why Venture For America?
America needs more entrepreneurs, innovators, problem solvers, and creative thinkers. Entrepreneurship is a key driver of both job and wealth creation, it improves productivity, spurs innovation and creates jobs. But in the U.S. today, there are too many barriers to entrepreneurship and not enough incentives.
At Venture For America, we provide access to capital, connections, and coaching for entrepreneurially-minded early-career professionals.
What you can expect from our Fellowship:
- Leadership and functional skill training to support your success
- Support finding a role of your choosing in our network of sourced Company Partners
- Full salary and benefits provided by the companies in our network
- The chance to make a tangible impact on a startup, entrepreneurial organization, or high-growth business
- Access to a community of Fellows and Alumni in your city and beyond
- Long-term access to ideation resources, job sharing, programming, and seed funding that keep you connected and help you grow professionally
Compensation and Benefits:
- While VFA provides ongoing programming and resources for members of our Fellowship community, Fellows are full-time employees of our Company Partners
- Salary and benefits are dependent on the job you secure with a Company Partner. All salary ranges are provided at the onset of your job search
- Company Partners are required to provide health insurance as part of their benefits package or provide a stipend to secure healthcare.
- The average salary for 2022 Fellows was $55,000
- Financial support will be available as needed for relocation.
Where We Work and Live:
After receiving your offer, you will work with our Team to secure a role in one of the cities where we operate and offer in-city programming:
- Baltimore
- Birmingham
- Charlotte
- Cleveland
- Detroit
- Kansas City
- Miami
- New Orleans
- Philadelphia
- Pittsburgh
- San Antonio
- St. Louis
- Tulsa
Our Company Partners provide a range of flexibility in work location. For the 2022 Class, 41% of Fellows were hybrid, 33% were fully in-person, 9% were up to the employee, and 18% were fully remote. For roles that allow remote or hybrid work arrangements, we require Fellows to live in the city of their company headquarters or a city in which the company has a built out presence. We do have an exception process that allows Fellows with extenuating circumstances to request to live in a different VFA city and these requests are reviewed on a case-by-case basis.
Eligibility:
- You are a US citizen, permanent resident, or DACA recipient
- You are early in your career (completed your undergraduate degree in the last three years) or will complete your undergraduate degree by June 2023. Exceptions can be made to this criteria for certain circumstances
- You are available to attend our two-week in-person summer Training Camp in July in Detroit. Room and board will be covered by Venture For America and travel assistance will be provided as needed
Application Deadlines:
- Early Fall Deadline: Sept. 12, 2022. Offers extended Oct. 31.
- Late Fall Deadline: Oct. 31, 2022. Offers extended Dec. 12, 2022.
- Early Spring Deadline: Jan. 9, 2023. Offers extended Feb. 28, 2023.
- Late Spring Deadline: March 1, 2023. Offers extended April 7, 2023.
- Final Deadline, April 9, 2023
- Apply online!
What We Look For:
- You’re interested in or have experience with entrepreneurship, innovation, creative thinking, and problem solving.
- You want to work at a startup and/or start your own business
- You are connected to or interested in making an impact and being involved in a community in one of our 13 cities
- You are a go-getter, ambitious, and achievement oriented.
- You have demonstrated an ability to make an impact in the past through reaching goals in work, extracurriculars, academics, or starting your own side project
- You are self-aware, resilient, and have overcome hurdles in the past
- You love learning, feedback, and working on a team