tulkit. inc

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Founder @ FLYER-ONE *

Nestor Valles

Bright

Content management software for LinkedIn, built to lower the barriers for people to express themselves on the platform. Established a team and was part of product development. In the process designed over 300 Figma screens, talked to over 500 potential users, and got a few 100’s of users in 3 months from launching.

Co-Founder & CEO

Simax

Official distributor of some of the world's leading furniture brands. Simax is our family business. Over the years I've had several roles, from sales, to business development, website building, online marketing, and customer success. I've negotiated with 249 manufacturers in 47 countries, built a new import department, built a B2B distribution network of 20+ retail stores, and personally made 2,000+ direct-to-consumer sales.

Co-Owner

SpotFollow

Validated the concept of building a new public market, for creator-led businesses.

Purified

R&D and marketing company in the automotive industry. Started at the age of 22, built a prototype for a precooling system for the passenger compartment and later pivoted to an air purification system. Took an active part in the R&D (mechanical engineering, electronics, chemistry, and software), wrote and filed 2 patents, participated in a startup accelerator, onboarded and worked with top engineers and scientists.

Founder & CEO

Israel Defense Forces

Served in the Navy's logistics unit, provided supplies and equipment for the ships.

Logistics

Co-Founder & CEO at Bright. 2x Founder. Posts about entrepreneurship that will help you win.

Hi there 👋

(only 2% of people will actually read this)

I’ll simply lay out my story in a timeline, and share what has brought me to this day:

At the age of 15, I knew I was going to be an entrepreneur. Started to try stuff.

At the age of 17, I traveled all over the county and sold children's toys.

18-19 spent in the army.

Then got involved in our family business, selling furniture.

At 21 I moved to another city and went to the university.

Studied interactive communication (UX/UI, prototyping, product management, etc.)

Spent most of my free time there as a free listener in the classes of other schools.

At 23, started my first startup; Purified. It was an R&D and marketing company in the automotive industry (for OEMs). Started with a pre-cooling system for the passenger compartment, and pivoted to a filtration and purification system.

Graduated and started an MSc in technology management (industrial engineering).

COVID-19 brought challenges to my company, and at the same time to our family business. Between the two, I chose to step in and work full-time in the family business. Closed my first company at 25. Learned a lot and felt glad.

Three years in, after signing exclusivity contracts with some of the top manufacturers in the industry and building a B2B distribution network, the family business is doing well.

Had also a side project, where we validated the concept of building a new public market for creator-led businesses.

I’m 29 now. I've decided to apply everything I've learned so far about entrepreneurship and started a software company: Bright.

If you've read this, I'd love to get to know you and your story.

Feel free to connect and send me a DM.

– Steve

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