genius is about making connections ... between ideas + strategies, desires + beliefs, between that flame in your heart and your full potential.

"Danielle’s Fire Starter session is invaluable for you at any stage of your career - from early idea to well established rut. She is thorough, quick and intuitive. Her soft spoken style is deceptive. This woman won’t mince words to let you know what you need to hear. And you will be better for the listening. Her questions alone are priceless, but add the brainstorming, cheerleading, taped session and list of resources and you can’t go wrong."
- Ten People to Rock Your Career in 2010
CoachSpotlight.com, Pearl Mattenson

1-on-1 fire starter sessions with Danielle

A business-life-shifting strategy session. Acumen, innovation, and intuition focused on you and your work in the world.

1-on-1 Fire Starter Sessions are $1000, with 5% donated to Women for Women International (the fee increased in November 2010.) We work together on the phone. I review your site, concepts, plans, along with your answers to the fifteen Burning Questions that you'll receive in advance. The conversation usually runs about an hour.

You will leave the session with meaningful, money-making ideas; very, very clear priorities; fired up creativity and courage; and whenever possible, useful connections. We'll identify what's not working so you can stop doing it, phase it out, let it go; and we'll focus on the things that light you up and are lucrative (the two have to go in hand-in-hand.) We'll expound on what's possible, and I'll map out the practicalities of making it happen.

We could re-architect your website and simultaneously overhaul your marketing strategy; nuke the notions that are sucking your energy and holding you back from the big wins; nail your tag-line; create more revenue streams; and refine how you really want to show up in the world. Often, one idea or a new notion of how you make what you make, can blow it all wide open.

I work exclusively with active and progressive entrepreneurs, or those on the verge of breaking out with their own enterprise. I am not a career transition coach, I'm a strategist for clarifying and executing ideas. Sessions are intense, information rich, and pragmatic. I'm a lover a velocity and results, and I'm devoted to helping you shine and prospering as soon as possible.

get your fire started:

1. Email me a few lines about your current work and where you might want to take it, or just send me a link to your site. If I feel that I can add value, then we schedule a date and time. I usually book three weeks in advance.
2. I'll send you The Burning Questions, a meaningful inquiry into your vocation and ambitions. I like to have it back at least two days before our session. This Q&A is an immensely valuable process on it’s own, and it will inform our actual think-tanking.
3. Sessions are $1000, $500 paid upon booking, and $500 paid the day of the Session. We'll invoice you via PayPal. (*+tax for Canadian residents.)
4. 5% of your fee is donated to: Women for Women International.
5. I do advance research and assessment. I will review any relevant websites on your work or industry.
6. Then! We dream and scheme for an hour or so on a growth strategy for you and your business. We set your entrepreneurial spirit ablaze - and point it in the right direction. You are welcome to invite other people in on the call. (That said, think carefully about this ... Sessions can be quite personal and evocative.)
7. An MP3 file of the recorded Session is emailed to you within a day or two.
8. A written transcription of the Session is emailed to you with a week.
9. Then...you go forth and shine more, make more money, and make even more of a difference in the world.
   
   

praise from clients

"Twenty-four hours after our Fire Starter Session I had already actioned three of Danielle's suggestions; many months later and I still refer back to my notes from the call. This woman has laser-sharp vision and she sees the gems in the rock of your business that you've overlooked in your panic and stress. She gives it to you straight, while empowering you to make decisions and see future possibilities. Savvy, wise and whip-smart, my session with Danielle is one of the most important investments I've made for my business. Fact."
- Susannah Conway, founder of the Unraveling e-Course Series, UK

"The meat and sheer richness of content I got from our session, not to mention the inspiration and all around feel-goodness is priceless. Plus the session is going to make me waaaay more than what I spent on it. Thank you ever so kindly."
- Kate Northrup, Team Northrup, New York

"I went into my Firestarter session with Danielle feeling all 'Help!' and 'Yikes!' and 'I don't know!' At the end of the session, holy shit, I felt reborn. I was free and light, like I'd had this massive boulder lifted from my chest (how did that get there?). And because I'm skeptical of this kind of 'woo-woo' talk, let me say this: The session was shockingly practical. Danielle helped me lay out a clear plan of action for my little company and gave me the courage to start walking (skipping?) down it. Thank you doesn't even begin to cover it."
- Laura Scholes, Story House Creative, Berkeley, CA

"Danielle's magical mash-up of tough love, genius business acumen and vision spun me around in a way I never expected. When I hung up the phone, I had a list of things to do (and have done all of them, with great results!) and felt inspired with a much clearer, more expansive and totally core-shaking view of my path. I didn't totally think I needed a Fire Starter session at first, but now I think everyone should have one. Sometimes another person's view of your potential is so much more potent than your own, and Danielle has the gift. What transpired during our session may have truly and honesty changed the course of my life forever. P.S. I sometimes listen to our recorded phone-call when I need a boost and a kick of inspiration. Works every time."
- Gala Darling, New York

"I love how honest you are, there’s no crap...anywhere. You did your homework...I couldn’t believe how much thought you had put into our session. You helped me think about where I’m at, what makes sense, what will bring the highest return on my limited time and resources, and ultimately how I can have the biggest joy in what I do. It all resonated. I’m trying to apply the “To Do” list two months later, there was such a list. What a great value. Your insight is dense. It’s strategy that requires action."
- Kelly King Anderson, Founder, StartUpPrincess

"The investment in my Fire Starter session was THE best thing I've done for my business. I came to our call with a concept, lots of questions, and no idea how I was going to make money. In an hour, I was focused, fired-up and pointed towards freedom."
- Lori Davis Yeager, The Gastronomic Duo, Minneapolis

"That was hands-down the most useful, enjoyable and amazing business ANYTHING I've ever done!"
- Ophira Edut, AstroStyle.com, New York

"A Fire Starter session is one of the coolest things I have ever done for myself. I felt re-energized with a boldness and daring that I have not felt in quite some time. Your motivation mantras bring out the best and push the edge just a little bit further than my current comfort zone. A bit of tough love I needed to get back in the game. I am grateful for someone who is an adventurous advocate and wholeheartedly for my soulful success."
- Alisa Barry, CEO, Bella Cucina, Atlanta

"F. Scott Fitzgerald held that the mark of a good mind was the ability to hold two thoughts at the same time without them colliding. Danielle LaPorte has that ability to an awesome degree: the ability to be both a tough professional and a sensitive human being, to talk a mile-a-minute and then really listen, to value her own time highly and the use it generously on behalf of her clients, and finally, to emphasize both grassroots publicity opportunities and national media priorities."
- Dan Simon, Publisher, Seven Stories Press, New York

"Oh SNAP! If I only knew that my time with you would create the biz of my dreams - a happiness movement across the globe ... I would have paid you WAY more! In fact, something tells me I will forever be in your debt for those sparks you ignited!"
- Stephanie Corker Irwin, NoMoSolo, Vancouver

"It was one of the highlights of my year."
- Rachel Cole, 18 Reasons, San Francisco

"Best money we ever spent!"
- Suzi & Sarah, Joyjunket.com, Duluth MN

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