It's one thing to land a job at a private-equity shop as an analyst or associate. It's another to make the heady climb to partner in a decade or less. So I took the question of how to become a rising star to Ian Li, vice president at 1315 Capital, a Philadelphia, Pennsylvania-based specialist in healthcare growth equity. Earlier this year Li spoke eloquently on a panel I moderated on opportunities in private equity at the Toigo Foundation's Catapult event in Jersey City.