The Silence of the Rubble
On the morning of February 6, 2023, my world was shaken, just like the south of Turkey. I had an IT and software agency, a business I had built from scratch with my own two hands over many years. My clients were more than just business partners; they were often my friends, my companions on the journey. That morning, I lost many of them. Those who survived had lost everything—their businesses, their homes, their lives were buried under the rubble. In a matter of hours, I lost not just my clients, but my income, my future, and almost all my hope. If there is a place called ground zero, I was there.
Hitting Bottom: The Invisible Struggle
The next two years were a silent struggle for survival. I was faced with the most difficult equation of my life: at 40 years old, I had three growing children at home (ages 12, 5, and 4) and an income that had been reset to zero. As a father, I didn’t have the luxury of working a full-time job outside; it was impossible for me to leave home for even a few hours. My financial savings evaporated, and my old professional network was lost in the earthquake’s devastation. While trying to stay afloat, I was, in fact, sinking deeper every day.
The Spark: An Idea Without Borders
When I had nothing left to lose, I turned to my most powerful weapon: the knowledge of the digital world I had accumulated over the years. If I couldn’t go out into the world, I would bring the world to my home. The idea of designing and selling digital products came to me. But this idea wasn’t going to be like the ones before. I didn’t want to be confined to a local market. The products I envisioned had to be global solutions that could touch lives all over the world.
I knew the obstacles to realizing this vision while living in Turkey: the high costs of setting up a company, the limitations of global payment systems… So I made a radical decision. The birthplace of my brand would be the United States, the center of the digital world. Thus, Blyxxa was designed from day one to be a brand without borders, accessible to everyone.
The Two-Month Marathon: Human Grit and an AI Partnership
At that moment, the most incredible marathon of my life began. I was alone, but I had a partner: Artificial Intelligence. In sessions that started at night after my children fell asleep and often lasted until sunrise, AI became my second brain, my research team, and my tireless assistant. I set the vision, and it provided the tools to bring that vision to life.
The Rebirth: Blyxxa Comes to Life
At the end of this superhuman effort, a completely new structure rose from the rubble. The Blyxxa brand was born. On our virtual shelves, we had 15 digital products ready for sale. But not only that; we had taken a solid step into the future with over 90 product drafts ready to be developed across various categories.
The man who had lost everything two years ago was now the founder of a digital company ready to enter the international market.
This is more than a story about making money. This is the story of a father’s struggle for his family and of rebuilding a global world from ground zero.
