Ariana has been practicing and teaching massage therapy for decades. Brazilian-American tech executive Newton helped her to become a national leader in her industry.

Sally Roberts owned a beloved cafe in New Orleans for 20 years and weathered Hurricane Katrina. She then helped two young Texan entrepreneurs to start Austin's first vegan ice-cream shop

Serial entrepreneur Jill Salzman tends to stumble upon business ideas. This is the position she found herself in when she joined MicroMentor to seek help on her newest business, Founding Mother's.

DeBorah was a business- and life-coach. Lisa was a business consultant. Both of them were registered on MicroMentor as mentors and entrepreneurs when they connected in a peer-mentoring relationship. "Mentors are critical to the growth of any enterprise," says DeBorah.

According to Lisa, "MicroMentor almost felt like a year-long graduate program in how to become a successful business person. It had a huge impact on my business."

Yappy to Be Home now serves 45 clients and is ready for more. Yappy's owner Sandra credits this recent growth to her mentor Rachel, whom she calls the ‘Goddess of marketing’.

Sharon met Eric and found guidance to jump-start her event planning business. She says, "I'm on a legit path to actually creating a real business, rather than going around blindly and waiting for the pieces to fall together."

"Marketing was my challenge for my business. I had so many thoughts as to what to do and where to take my business in the future that I really needed to streamline my approach. Kevin really helped me do that and he continues to provide me with great assistance."