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Alexis Grant
Program places recent graduates at startup companies
Recent college graduates who are interested in entrepreneurship but not yet ready to leap into self-employment may want to check out a new program that will soon place young workers at startups.
Based on the Teach for America model, Venture for America will offer 50 positions at a variety of new companies in Detroit, New Orleans, and Providence, R.I., with the goal of growing both numerically and geographically in coming years. The nonprofit organization aims to both provide jobs for smart-minded young people and help new companies succeed in cities that need them.
"If young people are interested in entrepreneurship, learning how to build a business, potentially putting themselves in a position to learn how to build their own business someday, this is a fantastic learning environment for that," says Andrew Yang, who founded the organization. Yang created and worked with several startups, including Manhattan GMAT, a test-preparation firm that is now part of
Venture for America's application period opens in August, and the first participants will begin working in summer 2012. They'll bring home a salary in the mid-
Participating companies include
"It's a really cool concept," says Josh Linkner, CEO of
For applicants looking to increase their chances of acceptance, Yang says Venture for America will look for innovators who have graduated college within the last few years, those who have proven that they're leaders and high-performers. Applicants should have studied economics, finance, or business, or somehow gained a basic knowledge of how businesses work.
They'll also be looking for applicants with Web and technical skills. "We'd certainly love programmers and engineers to apply," Yang says. "Just like other startup companies, our network of companies are hungry for programming talent."
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Job Opportunity for Entrepreneurial New Grads