Quick advice, Letter of Recommendation Choice

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Hello, I need some assistance in choosing the appropriate recommendation letter. I have collected four recommendation letters, and I am having difficulty deciding which one to attach as the third. The options are as follows:

Option A) A recommendation letter from the Head of a university Incubator, who has experience working with my startup during its time in their incubation team.
Option B) A recommendation letter from the Dean of a UK University, whom I worked with during my sabbatical year as the University student union president, can attest to my leadership and progress in 2019.

My other two letters (please also comment):

  • A recommendation letter from a senior person manager in the FinTech and RegTech industry. We worked together while I was serving as the head of marketing for that company.
  • A recommendation letter from my investor in my startup. They are successful in investing and have a background in operations.

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@Francisca_Chiedu @Maya @Pankaj_Doharey @Shreeniwas_Iyer @Ido_Moshe @alexnk @somdipdey @Godzilla @moorjaniajay

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Is the dean still n your university. A digital technology expert? Professor or Dr if Computing?

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He is not in tech. (Geography, Dean of Life Medical Sciences); I’m most likely not going to add it.

And I am probably going to add:

Option A) A recommendation letter from the Head of a university Incubator, who has experience working with my startup during its time in their incubation team.

(please also comment) on my other LoR?

  • A recommendation letter from a senior person manager in the FinTech and RegTech industry. We worked together while I was serving as the head of marketing for that company.
  • A recommendation letter from my investor in my startup. They are successful in investing and have a background in operations.

Thanks again :slight_smile:

@Francisca_Chiedu

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In terms of the other two, I would be skeptical about the second one, as the investor has already invested in your startup. I had a similar recommendation letter from my investor, but I included that in OC.

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The investor has known my work and has worked together before he chose to invest. I would argue that it showcases my profile well - but I can understand your point.

I have another Digital Product Agency owner (whose clients are fairly large fintechs and startups) whom I have worked with in technical go to market consulting that I could attach as LoR.

What do you think? @moorjaniajay

:slight_smile: thanks for the engagement