Earnest Sweat, thank you for having me and so thrilled to have you as part of the Summit Peak Investments, LLC community!
I’ve been thinking about the thread that tied Jay Rongjie Wang's episode to Apurva M.'s. Two very different conversations, but the same core idea kept surfacing: the best people in this industry know how to create and hold community. Jay talks about congruence and winner energy, but underneath that is a deep respect for the rhythms of a person’s life. You invest better when you understand how someone moves through the world. Apurva comes at it from a different angle. He builds community the way great operators run systems. Consistent. Thoughtful. Human. I’ve been to a few of his dinners, and they are exactly what he describes not flashy, not performative, just real people sharpening each other. What ties them together is simple: in a market where everyone has access to the same data and the same decks, your edge comes from the quality of your relationships and the energy you bring into the room. Jay names the metaphysics. Apurva builds the infrastructure. Both remind me that this industry gets harder if you try to play it alone. New Swimming with Allocators episode coming next week, but feel free to catch up for next week. Sidley Austin LLP SVB Alexa Binns Primitiva Global Summit Peak Investments, LLC
