Gert Overcame Drug Addiction, Lost Two Children, and Now Has a Multi-Million Dollar Company: ‘I Kept Going’

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As a child, Gert Bakker from Urk witnessed the fish scraps from his father's business being thrown away. Years later, when his dog emerged from behind his fish stall with a fish remnant in its mouth, the idea to found Petsfish was born: a company specializing in pet snacks made from dried fish scraps. But behind his entrepreneurial drive lay a personal battle with a severe drug addiction and the loss of two young children. "I am in calmer waters…