Hosted by Venture for America and TechTown
TechTown and Venture for America (VFA) are hosting a Startup Summit on August 23 with heads of local entrepreneurial companies invited to learn more about VFA and opportunities with the Fellowship program.
Venture for America, a new national non-profit, will begin recruiting at top colleges around the country this fall for its inaugural class of 2012 Venture Fellows. VFA (patterned after Teach for America) will offer a competitive fellowship program for top college graduates to work in select startups or early-stage companies for two years.
At the same time, the organization aspires to spur enterprise and encourage entrepreneurship in parts of the U.S. that struggle to attract top college graduates. The goal of Venture for America is to create 100,000 U.S. jobs by 2025 and train hundreds of future founders and CEOs.
VFAs goal is to place fellows at entrepreneurial companies in the Detroit area starting in the summer of 2012.
Date: Tuesday, August 23
Time: 6 to 8 p.m.
Location: TechTown, 440 Burroughs Street, Detroit, MI 48202
Who should attend: Heads of local entrepreneurial companies interested in learning more about VFA
RSVP by emailing brielle@ventureforamerica.org.
Learn more about Venture for America at www.ventureforamerica.org.
For more information on becoming a VFA company, go to https://ventureforamerica.org/startups.