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Ramon is a Dutch immigrant who dropped out of high school before finding an entrepreneurial path.  Most recently he acquired a DTC dog ramp business (Alpha Paw) for $300k + which he's grown to $35mil+ in sales. Previously, he grew a soap opera blog to 30mil+ monthly pageviews before selling it for $9mil. In this conversation you'll learn: – why buy vs build – buying a company with little money down – growth levers to ramp up a DTC ecom business – growing through paid acquisition, influencers, whitelisting, seo + affiliates  – creating a healthy channel mix + managing platform risk – benefits of in-house vs 3rd party logistics Watch + Subscribe on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2DzHRUyI28Q Timestamps: 0:00:00 - Snippet 0:02:27 - Intro + Selling $35mil Worth Of DTC Dog Ramps 0:04:07 - Highschool dropout, business philosophy + 10 figure exit 0:13:04 - Finding Direction 0:16:01 - Finding A Buying An Existing Problem 0:21:35 - Pet Industry 0:23:15 - Finding A Good Business To Buy 0:29:44 - 3PL vs In-House 0:40:02 - Gr