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only place where she wanted to study, she didn’t leave a stone
unturned.
Where did she end up going? LSE.
So yes, if you do the job right, the chances are it will work.
If you come 100 per cent prepared to Dragons’ Den, if you

understand the process, if you research your market and your
competition, if you know your numbers, if you’ve done all the
things you should do, you have changed the odds in favour of

you getting an investment.
But . . . if you don’t get the job you thought you wanted,
then make sure you ask for feedback. During the early stages
of setting up Alexander Mann I went out of my way to get
feedback. If I received negative feedback, I took stock and

changed the agency’s selling point. And if the customer was
happy, I could use their positive feedback to my advantage.
In the job process, if you fail to get selected, assess why you

weren’t chosen and be prepared to deal with any issues you
can identify.
Let’s say you receive a letter that says, ‘Thank you for
coming in, but unfortunately you haven’t been selected.’ The
first thing you should be thinking about is finding out why.

Nine out of ten companies will not give you a reason in the
letter, and most people accept that. But remember that I am
significantly more self-critical than most, and therefore I am
not going to accept it. I want to know why. Because if i don’t
know why, how am i going to improve?

For some people, getting a job is a process: ‘I’ve been for
three interviews. I might not get the job, but it doesn’t matter.

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