Hi everyone - I’ve been curating my Exceptional Promise application and am eager to get feedback and constructive criticism! Very nervous about the Tech Nation uncertainty as I was hoping to apply in June. ANY advice is welcome!!
TLDR;
I am an American (24F) working on the business side (product and product marketing) at digital technolgoy startups (first HealthTech now Crypto/Fintech). For my resume, I did go to an Ivy League (one of the only ones not on the top 50 school visa, go figure) and have won some awards in school. I only have 3 years of experience out of college but believe I’ve worked for innovative companies - still definitely worried that I’m too young to be endorsed for this visa!
Evidence and LoRs
Personal Statement: I have always been entreprenuerial and love scaling tech companies. As the UK has become very crypto friendly I know it is the best place to scale my career. My company’s main competitor is from mainnland Europe, and I believe I can have a huge impact on product growth and reception in the UK.
LoR: CEO, COO, and CMO of my current crypto company (is this overkill?! Should I ask the former CPO of my old company? Could be a weird situation since he has since left the org.)
MC
- Company 1: Awarded as a Women in Entrepreneurship Panelist (website announcement as evidence) for work at Company 1
- Company 2: Recommendation letter from CEO (well known) on contributions and potential in the space
- Company 1: Equity grant (was first to receive equity aside from founders)
- Company 2: Salary and equity grant (over 6 figures). may be promoted soon so could include that as well.
- Company 1: Video of me presenting an extensive research white paper (on our emerging product’s machine learning) to an acredited health organization and being led by the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health
- Company 2: Letter from Company 2 CMO (explains the exact contributions for the papers, that I applied to the awards for the company, and certifies my $$ impact)
OC2: at least 1 example of innovation as a founder of a product led digital technology company or as an employee working on a new digital field or concept
- Company 1: Video of me presenting an extensive research white paper (on our emerging product’s machine learning) to an acredited health organization and being led by the Dean of the Yale School of Public Health
- Company 2: Crypto backtesting research written by me and a data scientist (have many papers for this)
OC3: at least 1 example of significant technical, commercial or entrepreneurial contributions to the field as a founder or employee of a product-led digital technology company
- Company 2: Metrics of the research paper (how many deals it led to, contacts, reads, etc)
- Company 2: Awards won since I have joined the company
- Company 2: Letter from current CMO (explains the exact contributions for the papers, that I applied to the awards for the company, and certifies my $$ impact)
- Company 2: Link to my company’s crypto podcast, where I interview leading founders in the space
Writing it all out seems really stressful and I’m not sure this is enough. Please let me know what I should do to make this stronger! Thank you in advance!!