Educator.uz
Turning Crisis into Opportunity
A quarantine-born edtech startup built by a small team of young founders.
2020–2022 · EdTech · Uzbekistan
Built With
This journey was made possible by a team of builders, believers, and mentors.
Founding Team
Yusuf Abdurakhimov
Co-founder & CEO
Khabibullo Khatamov
Co-founder & CMO
Azizbek Ergashev
Co-founder & COO
Mukhammadjon Kayumov
Founding Engineer
Shokhabbos Usmonov
Marketing & Growth
Jamshid Jurakulov
Engeering & Growth
Bakhtiyorjon Bokhodirov
Engineering
Mentors & Advisors
Ulug'bek Ismatov
Startup Advisor
Akmal Salikhov
Startup Advisor
Special Thanks
To all the learning centers, teachers, students, early believers, and supporters who trusted us when we were just getting started. Your belief made this possible.
Overview
Educator.uz was an online education platform created during the COVID-19 quarantine, when traditional learning systems suddenly stopped working.
What began as a student initiative became a real startup — built, launched, and operated by a small founding team with limited resources but strong belief. Between 2020 and 2022, Educator.uz served 6,000+ students and educators across Uzbekistan, providing a space for sharing paid and free online courses.
This page exists to preserve that chapter — not to relaunch it, but to remember it.
When Everything Changed
In early 2020, quarantine disrupted education overnight.
Classrooms closed. Teachers struggled to adapt. Students were left without structure.
We were students ourselves at the time, but we clearly saw the gap:
education needed local, accessible, and practical online solutions.
Instead of waiting, we decided to build.
Before It Was Cool
Every founder has a cringe phase. The time before traction, before validation, when belief looks foolish from the outside.
What looked “cringe” at the time was simply belief without permission.
The First Signals
Shortly after launch, something important happened.
Within hours:
These early signals confirmed one thing:
the problem was real, and the solution was needed.
What Educator.uz Became
Over time, Educator.uz evolved into a functioning edtech platform.
Impact highlights:
We learned how to:
Educator.uz was our first experience with scale, responsibility, and accountability.
UNDP Recognition
In March 2021, Educator.uz received a $5,000 scholarship from UNDP, earning 1st place among 100+ startups.
This moment became our first formal recognition as a team.
It mattered not because of the funding, but because it validated:
It was the moment we stopped seeing Educator.uz as “just a project.”
What This Project Taught Us
Educator.uz shaped how we think about building.
Three lessons stayed with us:
Education
Continuous learning matters more than formal titles.
Experience
Real products teach faster than theory ever can.
Trust
Teams grow when belief is shared — not centralized.
Marketing may be the engine,
but in the beginning, the team is the fuel.
A Chapter We Built Together
Educator.uz is no longer active.
But its impact remains.
It lives on as:
This was not a solo journey.
It was a shared effort, built together during uncertain times.
Closing
This page exists as a memory —
of belief before credentials,
of building before permission,
and of a small team choosing to act when systems failed.
Educator.uz (2020–2022)
Built together. Remembered with pride.
— The Educator.uz Founding Team
