Left BCG 8m ago to start my own startup. 15m of experience but left with good performance - considering bschool for fall 22 - who would I go to for LORs? Everyone at current company I help supervise

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I read this as 8 minutes and 15 minutes lol

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Same, and then I thought the other responses didn’t get the joke.

You get two recs, would have one be the PPL who managed you & then the other as SA1 suggests above

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If at a startup, try for a close investor or a happy client (if you have any)

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