In three short years, painter Amira Rahim went from painting alone in her room to selling art in galleries and online, having licensing agreements, and being recognized the world over for her talent .

Amira's work has been featured in The Huffington Post, Time Out, The Chicago Tribune, Ebony and in galleries and personal collections around the world.

Amira spends every day living out her mission: using her art to make the world a more colorful place.

Some things we talk about:

• how she built her business piece by piece,
• dealing with depression while building a huge art business and
• the need to lead – taking your followers where they want to go