Please add the reference's first name, last name, email address, & relationship to applicant (i.e. teacher, manager, etc.). If your application is successful, we may contact your references for further information. Recommendations help our team to get a sense of an applicant’s background, characteristics and work ethic. Your reference could be from: any senior business leader, teacher, mentor, manager, advisor or investor. If you’re a student without prior experience, a teacher’s reference is absolutely fine.