But that's the hardest part, just to get to know yourself again.

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Gregg Fairbrothers: Today I'm at Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business, starting companies and helping people learn to be more entrepreneurial. (The best way to learn to be entrepreneurial is to get to know entrepreneurs and to try start something yourself.) In 2000 I founded the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and in 2004 the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center.

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Last but not least, if you do get yourself or a friend in trouble, know how to get help.

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What do you do to comfort yourself and to get through the moments when, you know, things seem very bleak?

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Think about it this way: You have a limited amount of time to sell yourself to the interviewer, so know what your most important points are and how to get them across right off the bat.

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So I try to let them know that be yourself on the inside and be a good person on the inside and that person will get to know who you are and they won't look at your clothes.

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