Client Spotlight: Lania Mirza - Founder of Rising Paths
Lania’s journey is one of courage, resilience, and creativity. From leaving her university studies in radiotherapy to pursuing her dream of building a business, she’s overcome challenges to create a brand with a purpose.
At Studio Self-Made, we love supporting entrepreneurs as they take bold steps to bring their visions to life. Today, we’re featuring Lania Mirza, an aspiring founder and business owner of Rising Paths, a company dedicated to creating niche-specific planners and journals designed to help people manage anxiety and improve their lives.
Lania began her academic journey studying radiotherapy at university. While she excelled in her studies and found fulfilment in helping others, she always felt she could make a bigger impact. After much reflection and navigating life’s ups and downs, Lania made the courageous decision to leave her course and pursue her entrepreneurial dream: creating Rising Paths, a brand focused on designing innovative planners and journals that combine functionality with mindfulness.
The road to entrepreneurship hasn’t been without obstacles, but Lania’s determination and hard work have been the driving forces behind her success (her most recent being making 60 sales in one month!)
Lania made the courageous decision to leave her course and pursue her entrepreneurial dream: creating Rising Paths, a brand focused on designing innovative planners and journals that combine functionality with mindfulness.
We spoke to Lania about her experience working with Studio Self-Made
Here’s what she had to say…
What did you learn from your sessions with Studio Self-Made?
“Studio Self-Made taught me a lot about brand colours, brand identity, the impact this makes on a brand and how you can level up through this.
“I learnt about what is needed when starting your own brand and what areas there are. I was given lots of helpful information and links that I had not known about before.”
How have the tools/ skills you learned in the mentoring sessions helped you?
“The mentoring sessions have helped me elevate my brand, and give it a story. It helped bring the image from my head to real life, experiment with different colours and shapes to give a story to my business.”
How has Studio Self-Made impacted your career/ freelance/ business journey?
“Studio Self-Made has helped me bring the brand image together, they have given me information and resources that I had not known of before my journey.”
What's next for you?
“I’d like to start getting back into LinkedIn slowly and finding programs/awards to help bring my business more awareness etc magazine features, newspaper features or anything really to get the word out.”
Lania’s journey is a testament to the power of resilience and vision. From rethinking her career path to creating a brand, Lania embodies the spirit of entrepreneurship.
At Studio Self-Made, we’re proud to have been part of her journey and can’t wait to see what’s next for Rising Paths.