Take More Risk: Turning Identity Into an Investment Thesis
Episode 6 is about a pattern a lot of us know intimately: immigrant children of Chinese descent who grow up making the 'safe' choice because our parents already took the big risk by leaving. We talk with Ed, founder of Acacia Venture Capital Partners, about what happens when you start doing the opposite.
Why did assimilation so often mean not speaking Chinese at home? What does it cost to optimise for “fitting in” and academic excellence over identity? And why did the traditional, prestigious, safe career path end up teaching Ed the opposite lesson: that real opportunity lives on the other…
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