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VentureOff is an entrepreneurial offboarding company that offers entrepreneurship education and career change programs via AI-enabled software to displaced employees affected by voluntary retirements, RIFs, layoffs, and other workforce disruptions.
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About VentureOff.
VentureOff helps professionals navigate career disruption through entrepreneurial transition programming, combining career tools, entrepreneurship education, and AI-guided support into a modern alternative to traditional outplacement.
VentureOff gives displaced workers a structured, facilitated path to entrepreneurship alongside traditional job-search tools, while also providing employers a forward-thinking, amenity-oriented layer to their severance, outplacement, and elective retirement packages.
Employers, universities, governments, and foundations view VentureOff as a critical addition to how they support professionals in transition, whether from layoffs, RIFs, retirements, or other workforce disruptions. Professionals who complete the program either launch businesses, contributing to the local tax base, job market, and community, or re-enter the workforce repositioned for success.
VentureOff is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, and serves employers, individuals, universities, and government partners across the United States.
Three core components, one tiered platform.
VentureOff offers three core components, available across tiered programs for individuals and employer-sponsored users.
VentureOff Entrepreneurship Curriculum
A five-module, self-paced, software-delivered entrepreneurship education program guiding professionals from career disruption to business launch.
- 01
Personal Foundation
- 02
Readiness & Derisking
- 03
Idea Exploration & Validation
- 04
Business Modelling
- 05
What's Next
Career Studio
Ten integrated tools supporting traditional job search alongside entrepreneurship exploration, for users who may re-enter the workforce.
- Resume Review
- Interview Prep
- LinkedIn Revision
- Cover Letter Generator
- Job Search
- Application Tracker
- Networking Resources
- Headshot Generator
- Negotiation Resources
- Salary Check Resources
Scout AI Companion
A personalized AI companion that adapts to each participant across every module, supporting both entrepreneurial and workforce re-entry. Scout reads every activity, note, and response to build a cumulative picture of each participant's scenario.
Program Tiers
Programs are available at three tiers with increasing levels of support, plus Executive Packages. Employer partners activate with a one-time fee and enroll employees directly through an admin dashboard. Individuals self-enroll and have immediate access.
- Explore$1,299Self-paced entrepreneurship curriculum + Career Studio.
- Expedition$3,999Everything in Explore, plus expanded support.
- Summit$7,999Facilitated one-on-one support through launch.
- Executive PackagesBundlesPre-packaged tiers for every level.
The labor market is structurally different.
Macroeconomic and AI-driven shifts are eliminating jobs faster than new roles emerge. The current solution, traditional outplacement, was designed for employment, but this labor market is structurally different.
The result is longer unemployment periods, greater dependence on government safety nets, and a generation of skilled professionals displaced from their careers without a viable path forward.
Meanwhile, workforce trends validate that entrepreneurship is the preferred mechanism for professionals in transition to create new wealth and wellness opportunities. VentureOff meets these displaced workers and their employers where they are.
What happens when transitions go well.
Unemployment
Shorter benefit periods and lower long-term UI liability.
Tax Revenue
New business owners pay income, sales, and payroll taxes.
Job Creation
Small businesses account for nearly two-thirds of net new U.S. jobs.
Workforce Re-entry
Those who explore entrepreneurship but return to employment do so faster and with greater confidence.
Community Resilience
Local ownership anchors economic activity in the local area.
A forward-thinking layer to severance and outplacement.
Companies that partner with VentureOff add a forward-thinking, amenity-oriented layer to their severance, outplacement, and elective retirement packages.
- Reduced reputational risk during workforce reductions.
- Strengthened employer brand and talent retention signaling.
- Better adherence to human capital company values.
- A differentiated benefit that attracts new hires.
When employers invest in their departing workforce, they protect their reputation and satisfy a civic obligation in an AI-impacted economy.
Career change deserves more than best wishes.
VentureOff was built on a belief held by entrepreneurs who have spent over a decade helping professionals through career transitions: that career change, whether chosen or not, deserves more than a resume workshop and best wishes.
The professionals we kept meeting were not all looking for another job. Sometimes they were sitting on business ideas they had never had the time or structure to evaluate. Sometimes they were retiring after 30 years and wondering what came next. And sometimes they were leaving roles that no longer existed in today's workforce landscape, asking a question the traditional outplacement market had no real answer for: should I build something of my own instead?
VentureOff is the structured, supported answer to that question, built for employers who want to offer something genuinely different, and for individuals who deserve more than a job board on the way out the door. Together we are creating a world where every career transition can lead to small business potential.
How professionals are using VentureOff to navigate career transition.
Carlin
From Corporate Marketing to Business Owner
Carlin was laid off from his corporate marketing role and decided the moment had finally come to evaluate a business idea he had been sitting on. He enrolled in the VentureOff Entrepreneurship Curriculum and Summit coaching to work through what his business would offer, whether a market existed for it, who his potential customers were, what he should charge to stay competitive, and what first steps to take toward launch.
"I would not have taken the leap from the corporate world to entrepreneurship if not for their assistance. It was truly a transformative experience."
— Carlin, VentureOff Graduate
Carissa
From Unexpected Layoff to a Business She Believes In
Carissa was unexpectedly laid off from a previously stable role and decided to use the disruption as an opportunity to pursue a different path entirely. Through the VentureOff Entrepreneurship Curriculum and Summit coaching, she explored and iterated on multiple business and career options, ultimately landing on one that was both personally meaningful and commercially viable.
"Their guidance played a huge role in helping me turn an idea into something real. Through working with them, I learned so much, especially around finances, pricing, planning, and making strategic business decisions instead of just emotional ones."
— Carissa, VentureOff Graduate
Kate
From 30 Years in Education to a Business Built on Expertise
Kate had spent her entire career in education but felt a pull toward something different. She gave herself a year to see what she could build. She started with the VentureOff Entrepreneurship Curriculum and added Summit coaching to refine what she wanted her next chapter to look like, and to build the structure and confidence to pursue it.
"This process inspired tremendous personal and professional growth, and provided the skills, mindsets, and structures necessary for my business to continue to evolve for years to come."
— Kate, VentureOff Graduate
"Their expertise is obvious from the start, and they have extensive and diverse experience to pull from in helping entrepreneurs, new or seasoned, across many areas of business."
VentureOff Client"Supportive, strategic, empathetic, and empowering would all be great ways to describe my journey walking alongside VentureOff to make my business dreams a reality."
VentureOff Client"If you are serious about starting or growing a business and want real guidance, accountability, and support from people who genuinely care, I highly recommend working with them."
VentureOff Client"Don't pass up on an opportunity to work with them."
VentureOff Client
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