Alim Nasirov, co-owner of a jewelry repair chain, came up with the idea for his business while working as a security guard and manager in a jewelry store.

"You might sell one item a month, but people get their jewelry repaired every day," the entrepreneur explains.

In 2019, he and his brother Murad founded the Arhat Premium Jewelry chain of jewelry repair workshops. They opened the first two locations in Kyiv's River Mall and Art Mall shopping centers, investing $10,000. They planned to scale the business, but in 2022 they went to war.

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