About LANA
Hi, I’m Lana 👋
And I accidentally started a business.
And this is how it happened…
Back in December 2022 at 23 years old, I was going through a quarter-life crisis.
I even read the book, “The Quarter Life Break-through” to try to get me out of it.
I was not finding any purpose or passion in my career.
At that point, I was working as the 1st data scientist at a big pharma company for more than a year.
I even started the analytics department from scratch.
BUT at one point they de-promoted my title from scientist to an analyst.
I didn’t even know that was possible?!
Their justification as a big corporate company: “This is just how the ladder goes”.
It felt like a HUGE blow.
So I decided to take my life into my own hands.
I bought a $1,997 blogging course and self-learned SEO, keyword research, and content creation.
My aim was to create my own website with a blog and start making passive income through it.
The course taught cold emailing bigger sites and asked to write a free guest post to get a backlink to your site.
But the most unexpected thing started happening…
The companies I was reaching out to started asking to pay me for my services (backlinks and writing blog posts).
What?! Getting paid without ever having to step into a job interview… I’ll take it!
So I saw that I could start making some money.
And I decided to take the leap and quit my full-time job.
THEN this happened…
The pharma company was persistent about getting me to stay.
They even gave me an enormous pay rise and a fancier new title as Data Scientist II.
It was too enticing. I decided to stay.
THEN this happened…
An old mentor of mine that I interned for called me out of the blue and asked me to work at his AI startup as the VP of Engineering.
Of course, I jumped on that opportunity.
And quit my big pharma job twice in 2 weeks. Oops.
THEN this happened…
A couple of months fast forward.
I was still running my side hustle and clients were asking to give me money left and right.
I eventually got too busy and even got asked to join a mastermind as a mentor who teaches aspiring entrepreneurs ways to make money online.
In September 2023. I was working 3 jobs (VP of engineering, coach, and what was now an SEO agency)
I had to make a choice.
Should I run my business full-time?
I decided to take the leap.
Even more CRAZY.
At the same time, I decided to move on from the engineering and tech industry, I moved out of my city studio and started traveling the world FULL TIME.
I’ve been to 7 countries in the last 7 months.
I create my own hours.
And get to provide value to the AI space in a different way (helping them grow without the company spending a dime on paid ads).
THEN this happened…
Just kidding!
This is where I am now (in Asia to be exact).
I get to grow a business and mentor other aspiring entrepreneurs to build the business I built.
Let’s see where it takes me from here.