RiseGuide wins Gold Stevie Award for learning and education

RiseGuide earned the only Gold Stevie Award in the Learning & Education category at the 23rd International Business Awards, highlighting its rapid growth and micro-lesson model. The win underscores demand for skill-building products that help users finish lessons and turn expert knowledge into habit-changing learning.

Why it matters: - RiseGuide’s win signals that short, expert-driven lessons are gaining recognition as a practical answer to adult learning drop-off. - The award also puts a fast-growing self-improvement app in the spotlight as it expands beyond communication and confidence into more skill tracks.

What happened: - RiseGuide won a Gold Stevie Award in the Learning & Education category at The 23rd Annual International Business Awards. - The company’s entry was the only one recognized in the category, making RiseGuide the sole Gold Stevie winner in Learning & Education for 2026. - The International Business Awards drew more than 3,400 nominations from organizations in 82 nations and territories. - More than 200 business professionals judged the entries across 9 specialized committees.

The details: - Judges cited RiseGuide’s differentiation in a crowded market, fast adoption, and clear value proposition. - Judges also pointed to personalized learning paths and availability in seven languages as factors that widen access. - The judges said RiseGuide addresses a common adult-education problem: people consume information but do not always build a skill. - RiseGuide launched in 2024. - The app has passed 1 million total downloads. - RiseGuide has about 400,000 monthly active users. - Users have spent more than 1.3 million hours learning in the app since launch. - About 30% of new users remain active in week three. - That retention rate is well above the single-digit benchmarks common in long-form online courses. - RiseGuide treats retention as its clearest signal that the learning model works. - Oleksandr Matsiuk, Founder and CEO of RiseGuide, said the award validates the company’s mission and recognizes the work of more than 100 people across product, marketing, content, support, and other teams.

Between the lines: - The award gives external validation to a product strategy built around mobile-first, interactive lessons instead of long-form courses. - The retention data suggests RiseGuide is competing on completion and habit formation, not just content volume. - The company’s emphasis on expert knowledge and practical tools places it closer to applied learning than general self-help content.

What’s next: - RiseGuide plans to keep adding lessons and practical tools each month across communication, presence, public speaking, negotiation, and confidence. - The company also plans to announce global partnerships with recognized industry experts in the coming months. - RiseGuide says those partnerships will support its goal of making top-level expert knowledge accessible in a format designed to be completed rather than abandoned.

The bottom line: - RiseGuide is turning engagement and retention into proof that short, structured learning can compete with traditional online courses. - The Stevie Award adds credibility as the company scales its content library and partnership strategy.

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