Rock The Boat

This week, Lucia speaks with Ben Sun, a partner at a venture capital firm called Primary Venture Partners based in New York City. Ben focuses his investing activities mainly in consumer facing companies. Some of his most notable investments include Jet.com, Slice, and Coupang.  In this episode, Ben and Lucia speak about:  How his early days as a banker influenced his decision to launch his internet business,
 How he built the first Asian American and African American online community,
 His path to becoming a leading Venture Capitalist,
 The traits he looks for when investing in a company,
 And his advice to budding entrepreneurs
 --- Relevant Links Mentioned in the Show: • Ben’s venture capital fund, Primary Venture Partners: https://www.primary.vc/
 • Wikipedia article on Asian Avenue: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AsianAve 
 • 2008 University of Chicago study measuring the strengths of successful CEOs: http://faculty.chicagobooth.edu/steven.kaplan/research/kks.pdf
 --- Ben’s bio: Ben Sun