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Venture For America Draws Best And Brightest To Birmingham

| April 24, 2017 @ 6:02 am

By Michael Tomberlin

More than 40 companies from Birmingham, San Antonio, New Orleans and Nashville were in Birmingham Friday hoping to hire one of 50 Venture for America fellows.

Innovation Depot hosted the VFA regional job fair, making Birmingham the center of innovation attention for at least a couple of days.

“We have screened more than 2,000 young people in the country this year and selected the 200 best and brightest and brought a good cross-section of them here today,” said Amy Nelson, managing director and incoming CEO of New York-based Venture for America.VFA fellows come from some of the most prestigious universities in the country. For startup companies or companies with a focus on innovation, it can be hard to visit all of those schools on career day, so VFA holds regional events bringing select students to one place.

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