Hello FB, I have the opportunity to move to the Middle East to start a PE fund. My background is in asset management and business management, but my exposure to PE has been solely academic. I wanted to know if anyone has experience with a PE firm from the ground up to learn from other's mistakes. Feel free to either reply here or PM.

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