Thursday, April 4, 2013
Wesleyan Argus: Recent Graduates Embark on Venture for America Fellowship
Monday, March 4, 2013
Huffington Post: HuffPost JobRaising Initiative Raises $1.5 Million For Job-Creating Nonprofits
Huffington Post LIVE: Video: The JobRaising Challenge
Thursday, February 21, 2013
Freshwater Cleveland: Venture for America Plants Fellows to Halt Brain Drain
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Upstart Business Journal: Venture for America rakes in donations with The JobRaising Challenge
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Fast Company: How Tony Hsieh Is Flooding Downtown Las Vegas With Entrepreneurial College Graduates
Monday, December 3, 2012
Las Vegas Sun: Venture for America fellows are working to make their new home a better place
Las Vegas Review-Journal: Hsieh gives $1 million to bring young talent to downtown Las Vegas
CNBC: “Squawk on the Street”- Zappos CEO Pledge to Revitalize Las Vegas
BC Heights: VFA Matches College Grads With Start-ups
Monday, November 12, 2012
Business Insider: Overnight Successes Don’t Really Exist In The Startup World
Thursday, November 8, 2012
Huffington Post: Helping Entrepreneurs Succeed
Tuesday, November 6, 2012
Vanity Fair: Charity: Venture for America
Thursday, October 15, 2012
Techonomy: Venture for America Plants Budding Entrepreneurs in Urban Soil
Thursday, October 11, 2012
New Haven Independent: “Venture for America” Vanguard Arrives
Thursday, September 20, 2012
USA Today College: From startups to small businesses, entrepreneurship gains post-grad popularity
Tuesday, September 11, 2012
New York Times: Its First Graduates on the Job, Venture for America Looks for Fresh Recruits
Brown Daily Herald: Alum program pairs graduates with start-ups
Thursday, September 6, 2012
HuffPost/VFA Blog: Andrew Yang invited to HuffPost’s “What is Working?” Panel
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Cincinnati Enquirer: A world of potential
Friday, August 10, 2012
Fortune: 7 Gen-Y employment champions
Wednesday, August 1, 2012
Concentrate: Accio Energy lands one of first Venture for America fellows
Sunday, July 22, 2012
WPRI: Venture for America aids startups
Thursday, July 19, 2012
Mass HighTech: Venture for America connects grads with startups
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Detroit Free Press: Tom Walsh looks at Venture for America for young entrepreneurs
Thursday, July 12, 2012
Brown University News: Venture training helps entrepreneurs succeed
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Technically Baltimore: Venture for America Coming to Baltimore in 2013
Friday, July 6, 2012
Baltimore Business Journal: Venture for America to match young workers, startups
Friday, June 29, 2012
Business Insider: Here’s Where Ivy League Students Go When They Graduate
Wednesday, June 27, 2012
Pop City: Venture for America is coming to Pittsburgh with its army of entrepreneurs
Friday, June 22, 2012
Pittsburgh Business Times: New Venture looks to place top grads at start-ups
Friday, June 15, 2012
Washington Post: Grads: Skip the Bank Job, Join a Startup
Wednesday, June 13, 2012
Xconomy: Venture for America Unveils First Fellows Bound for Detroit, Other Cities
Monday, May 14, 2012
Fast Company: 100 Most Creative People in Business 2012
Saturday, May 5, 2012
The New York Times: The Jobless Young Find Their Voice
Friday, April 27, 2012
The White House Office of Public Engagement: Celebrating a Year of Champions of Change – President Obama Meets with 12 Champions Who Are Making a Difference in Their Communities
Friday, April 20, 2012
WCPO-TV Cincinnati: Business Wise: Crystal Faulkner sits down with VP of Venture for America
Cincy BizBlog: Venture for America recruiting best, brightest to Cincinnati
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Claremont McKenna College News: CMC’s Brentt Baltimore Picked to be in Inaugural Class of Future Entrepreneurs, Through Venture for America
Monday, April 16, 2012
USA Today: Programs encourage new grads to try entrepreneurship
Friday, March 30, 2012
Time Magazine: Helping Hand – Start-ups Get a Boost with College Grads
Wednesday, March 28, 2012
KTNV: Zappos CEO’s new project hopes to attract young people to Las Vegas
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Las Vegas Sun: Zappos CEO buys motel, strikes deal to bring young talent downtown
Tuesday, March 20, 2012
Business Insider: We Need A Career Path For College Students Who Want To Become Entrepreneurs Instead Of Bankers Or Lawyers
Tuesday, February 21, 2012
NewsOK: University of Oklahoma students are chosen for entrepreneurship program
Monday, February 20, 2012
ReutersTV: Overheard in the Alley Part 2: The real problem with job creation – Tech Tonic
Monday, February 13, 2012
Worth Magazine: Q+A with VFA Founder Andrew Yang
Monday, February 6, 2012
News 14 Carolina: Andrew Yang with Venture for America discusses how Generation Z will fit into the workforce (Video)
Monday, February 6, 2012
The News & Observer: N.C. colleges nurture Generation Z entrepreneurs
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
The Miscellany News: Program a leg up for student entrepreneurs
Friday, January 27, 2012
The Daily Pennsylvanian: Venture for America aims to send students to startups
Thursday, January 26, 2012
Forbes: An Entrepreneur’s Big Idea to Boost Struggling Cities
Friday, January 12, 2012
The Wall Street Journal: For Grads Seeking to Work and Do Good
Friday, December 16, 2011
The Next Web: Venture for America wants to slot grads into startups in struggling cities
Friday, December 9, 2011
Cincinnati Enquirer: Venture for America: Yes to Cincinnati
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Soapbox Cincinnati: My Soapbox: Andrew Yang, Founder, Venture For America
Friday, December 2, 2011
Stanford Social Innovation Review: Creating Jobs, Harmonizing Nonprofits, and Diagnosing Disease
Monday, November 21, 2011
Fast Company: Venture For America Wants To Create 100,000 New Jobs By Matching College Grads With Startups
Friday, November 11, 2011
MyBankTracker: One Goal for Venture for America: Job Creation
Thursday, November 10, 2011
Washington Square News: Venture for America gives startups a chance
Friday, November 4, 2011
The Daily Californian: Exploring a new path to entrepreneurship
Friday, October 28, 2011
The Tulane Hullabaloo: Venture for America seeks to connect recent grads with local jobs
Friday, October 14, 2011
Fox Business News: Recruiting Top Grads for Startups (Video)
The Hoya: Volunteering After GU: The Roads Less Traveled
Thursday, October 13, 2011
The Michigan Daily: Viewpoint: Explore Venture for America
Wednesday, October 12, 2011
The New York Times: Starting a Teach for America for Entrepreneurs
Tuesday, October 11, 2011
The Michigan Daily: Program to pair Detroit start-ups with “U” students
Monday, October 10, 2011
The Wesleyan Argus: Fellowship Program to Recruit Wesleyan Students
Friday, October 7, 2011
University of Michigan Center for Entrepreneurship: Entrepreneurship Hour (Videos)
Monday, October 3, 2011
The California Tech: New company connects grads and start ups
The State News: Program aids economy, helps grads locate jobs
Thursday, September 22, 2011
The Columbia Spectator: Columbia Law School alum hopes to help create jobs in struggling cities
Thursday, September 15, 2011
The Brown Daily Herald: Alum offers grads new ventures in Providence
Saturday, September 10, 2011
The Brown Daily Herald Blog: Alums Who Do Cool Things (and a future for you): Andrew Yang ’96, President of Venture for America
Thursday, September 8, 2011
New Orleans CityBusiness: Aspiring entrepreneurs to test ‘stickiness’ of New Orleans
Tuesday, September 6, 2011
The Harvard Crimson: New Program Leads Grads to Start-Ups
Friday, September 2, 2011
Venture for America Official Launch Video:
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
White House Champions of Change: Blog Post by Andrew Yang
Monday, August 29, 2011
The Daily: MAKING A DIFFERENCE: Program matches grads with young firms in struggling cities
Friday, August 26, 2011
NPR: Marketplace Radio: A fellowship program for entrepreneurs
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Model-D: Venture for America, Blackstone LaunchPad continue push for young entrepreneurs
Monday, August 22, 2011
Crain’s Detroit Business: Conduit to College Grads
Thursday, August 18, 2011
White House Champions of Change Event
Monday, August 15, 2011
Inc.: The Future of Venture for America
Thursday, August 4, 2011
Fox News Happening Now with Jenna Lee:
Huffington Post – Blog Post by VFA Board Member Jonathan Cropper: Injecting Entrepreneurial Optimism Into America’s Challenged Urban Center
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
GOOD: Venture for America Applies the Teach for America Model to the World of Business
Monday, August 1, 2011
The Street: Venture for America Boosts Entrepreneurs
Saturday, July 30, 2011
Barron’s: Growth Story: Graduate Start-Up Nation
Thursday, July 28, 2011
Inc.: The ‘Teach for America’ for Entrepreneurs?
Tuesday, July 26, 2011
Monday, July 25, 2011
BNET: New Program Lures Young Entrepreneurs to Troubled Cities
Huffington Post: Venture For America To Place Young Entrepreneurs In Struggling Cities
Wednesday, July 20, 2011
TechCrunch: Venture for America Sends Entrepreneurial Talent To The Cities That Need It Most
Fast Company: Venture For America Will Do For Entrepreneurship What Teach For America Does For Education
U.S. News & World Report: A Job Opportunity for Entrepreneurial New Grads
Boston Herald: Nonprofit group ventures out to distressed cities


