For Wolter co-founder Akmal Nabiev, mentorship through Micromentor helped turn a promising battery-swapping solution for couriers in Tashkent into a more focused and scalable business. With guidance from mentor Bakhodir Rakhimov, Wolter strengthened its unit economics, improved its expansion model, and shifted its growth strategy from B2C to B2B partnerships.

When Mukhsin began building WiderAI, he was completely absorbed in technology. He created a modular AI tutoring platform for STEM subjects, including Math, Physics, Chemistry, and Biology, as well as standardized tests such as the GRE, GMAT, SAT, IELTS, and TOEFL. The system could break down problems step by step, explain solutions, and adapt to each student’s pace. On paper, it was powerful.

For many years, Gulmira Inogamova observed that many adults, professionals, entrepreneurs, and foreigners struggled to find practical and flexible language learning opportunities focused on real communication skills. Since gathering native-speaking tutors in one physical location was difficult, she decided to create Tutor ON – an online platform designed to help people learn languages through direct interaction with native speakers from different parts of the world.

Through Micromentor — the world’s largest free online business mentoring platform, introduced by the EBRD — the founders connected with experienced mentors who helped them analyze their startup from a more strategic perspective.

Before working with mentors, we lacked structure, and our idea was limited to one direction. After mentorship, we began seeing new perspectives, explored fresh product ideas, and gained a clear strategic roadmap.

Micromentor didn’t just help me improve my startup, it helped me change how I see myself as a founder. The biggest value of Micromentor was not advice, but mindset — learning how to act like a founder, even without resources.

Through Micromentor, Bakhodir offers young founders and professionals practical support in areas such as leadership, decision-making, strategic thinking, navigating uncertainty, and finding clarity in moments of transition. Drawing on his background in medicine, education, international development, and leadership, he helps mentees step back, see challenges more clearly, and move forward with greater confidence and direction.

ATABAI is an AI-powered financial reporting infrastructure startup based in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Its mission is to make global-standard financial reporting accessible to businesses by automating the transformation of local accounting standards into IFRS-compliant financial statements.

For Azizbek Saidov, Co-founder and CEO of ATABAI, building such a solution required not only technical and financial expertise, but also practical mentorship. During one of the orientation sessions, Azizbek first learned about Micromentor — the world’s largest free online business mentoring platform, introduced in Uzbekistan by the EBRD. Recognizing the platform as an opportunity to connect with experienced mentors and receive practical business guidance, he began using Micromentor to further strengthen ATABAI’s growth strategy. This support helped him refine the startup’s positioning, improve its business model, and become more prepared for investor conversations at an important stage of development.

Lobar discovered Micromentor while looking for practical guidance on how to move her research beyond academia and into a real startup pathway. Through the Micromentor — the world’s largest free online business mentoring platform, introduced by the EBRD — Lobar received practical guidance that helped her reposition AIscan from a research-driven idea into a real-world startup solution.

“When I first came to UEnter to further develop my startup, I learned about the MicroMentor platform — the world’s largest free online business mentoring platform, introduced by the EBRD — as a practical tool for connecting with experienced mentors,” Ogabek shares. “I realized that mentorship could help me move forward more confidently and avoid common startup mistakes, so I decided to register on the platform.”

When Almira became co-founder of the outsourcing company AlNAt in Ust-Kamenogorsk, she already had strong expertise in accounting and tax compliance. The company helped entrepreneurs manage bookkeeping, file reports, restore accounting records, and navigate financial matters. However, growing the business required a new set of skills—not just technical expertise, but leadership and management capabilities as well…It was at this stage that two mentors, Anastasia Yurchenko and Svetlana Aleksandrova, entered her life. Through the program, they reached out to Almira themselves, and the connection became a major turning point in the company’s growth.

As a Professor of Practice at AlmaU, Tatyana Sapa taught courses on ISO 20700 for consultants pursuing CMC certification, as well as courses on succession planning in family businesses. Her ambition extended far beyond simply sharing knowledge. She wanted her students not only to understand complex management concepts but also to find inspiration in them and apply them in their own lives and careers.

As a professional instructional designer and methodologist, Almira understood the importance of a systematic approach. That is why she intentionally sought guidance from master mentor Albina Imasheva, hoping to find tools that could help align business goals with personal purpose, family values, and a long-term vision for growth.