In today's episode, Brian Webb is joined by Ethan Gao, a private investor and one of the fund managers for Good Bull Investments in the Greater Houston Metroplex. Today, Ethan provides you with the 3 questions to ask and some guiding principles on what to do before you ever invest a single penny into private equity. Ethan Gao graduated from Cornell with a BS in Economics and a J.D. from Columbia Law School. He has had substantial large international law firm experience focusing on corporate work, mergers and acquisitions, capital markets, and financing transactions, including 4 years as a senior associate at the Houston office of Latham & Watkins focusing on oil and gas transactions. A substantial amount of his corporate experience has been representing private equity sponsors and their portfolio companies. Ethan has also spent several years as in-house counsel at a mutual fund and a hedge fund and as general counsel of a manufacturing company in Houston.   Ethan has originated and funded over 130 private loans to real estate investors in the Houston area over the last 5 years (hard money lending). Additionally, he has purchased, rehabbed, and sold over 100 single-family homes in the past 4 years. Ethan also has experience evaluating syndications and private equity sponsors and has invested in a number of them. GET IN TOUCH WITH ETHAN LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/elgao/ Email: [email protected] Website: https://www.goodbullinvestments.com ____________________ THE BUSINESS GROWTH SHOW Sponsored By: Whatbox Digital Host: Brian Webb The B2B Business Growth Newsletter Episode #: 66 Season: 3 Episode Date: May 22, 2023