Here at Venture for America, we recruit and train aspiring millennial entrepreneurs who want to learn how to build businesses. Our goals are to help create 100,000 new U.S. jobs and revitalize American communities. I started VFA in large part because the national entrepreneurship stats among young people are starkly negative — fewer 18 to 30 year olds are starting businesses than at any point in the last 24 years. This struck me — and the people who support VFA — as a train wreck. Fewer new companies today means fewer new jobs tomorrow.  Related: Jump-Start Your Startup Process With Ingenious Apps Like Canva, Grasshopper and Slack So what businesses and initiatives will 24-year-old … Continue reading This Crowdfunding Competition Produced an Al-Dente Kitchen, Cost-Effective Bikes and an Online Personal Shopping Cart