about danielle + marie

We’re flaunting our prowess here for one good reason: we want you to start thinking about how we can use our collective experience and know-how to help you start up, show up and profit in ways that matter to you and the world.

We want to spare you some pain, help clarify your strategies, and inspire you to play bigger in your career and life. So please read our “we’ve been ‘round the block” bullet points, and get ignited by how you’ll start to soar — the moment you start Selling Your Soul.

DANIELLE LAPORTE

: I created and launched my digital program — The Fire Starter Sessions: A Digital Experience for Entrepreneurs — in 11 weeks, earning 11K in the first 11 hours.

The product pulled in $150K over the next 9 months, unfurling into a quarter-million dollar book deal with Random House/Crown.

A hardcopy “life” edition of The Fire Starter Sessions and webinar, iPhone app, and action figure (that’s a joke — mostly) are launching in spring 2012. Just as I planned all along. (Muwahaha!)

: I jam with hardcore and aspiring entrepreneurs in my 1-on-1 Fire Starter Sessions — for $1,000 an hour. And I have a waiting list.

: I roll with the best and brightest in the publishing biz. My current literary agent represents Seth Godin, Hugh McLeod, Ramit Sethi, and Jason Fried. My last agency repped Malcolm Gladwell, and a fella named Al Gore. Mmm-hm. My first book was an Amazon bestseller and Oprah’s producers called me to chat about it. I’ve got three more multi-media projects currently in the works. It’s all gotta be multi-media now, darling.

: I’ve slapped on lip gloss at 5am for national broadcasts, been romanced by major TV networks for my own show, and I’ve pitched producers and editors at most of the major media outlets. I’ve done seminars in pole dancing studios, universities and stadiums, and shared the stage with Candace Bushnell and Martha Beck…in between mastering search engine optimization, blogging platforms, launching and overhauling dozens of websites, and building a formidable empire on Twitter and Facebook.

: I’ve raised millions of dollars in non-profit funding and venture capital. Ran a think tank in Washington, DC for future studies, managing a team of brainiacs to create scenarios on global trends for the likes of the Pentagon and the World Bank. (Yes, that was trippy.)

: I’ve lost big bucks and made it back again, and more. I’ve betrayed myself. I’ve told lies — on camera. I’ve been sold out. I’ve been hounded by banks. I’ve wheeled deals — really dumb deals (what was I thinking?!) and really, really smart ones.

: Philosophy books and self-help workshops? Countless. I’ve hung with the Dalai Lama and Eckhart Tolle (like, had tea with them.) I’ve spent as much time in ashrams and yoga studios as I have in boardrooms. I prefer the yoga studios. Better lighting.

: I’ve crashed. Burned. Risen like a phoenix.

: I’m wired to serve. How can I help you get clear and get there?

MARIE FORLEO

: I just got back from a whirlwind trip to South Africa with my new BFF, Richard Branson — CEO of the Virgin Group, 212th richest person in the world, international humanitarian. (Ever heard of him?) I’m the newest mentor at the Virgin Unite Centre of Entrepreneurship, which tackles oppressive social problems with an entrepreneurial solutions. I’ll be escorting my 2011 Adventure Mastermind participants to the Virgin Unite headquarters in NYC. ‘Cause I’ve got clout. And cajones.

: I created the elite Rich Happy + Hot Adventure Mastermind program, which blends money making how-tos with luxury travel, community adventures like pole dancing, boudoir shoots, music videos, and mind-body awareness techniques to live and create in the present moment. Participation costs $20,000. It’s sold out. And yeah, I’ve got a waiting list. I make my own economy.

: I flew out to Tony Robbins’ private home in Sun Valley, Idaho to get interviewed for his New Money Masters DVD training program, which featured 12 of the world’s leading experts in Internet marketing and lifestyle. I was the only female expert in the line-up.

: I’ve successfully orchestrated multiple six-figure digital product and program launches using my signature blend of bad-ass videos, ballsy copy and proven list-building principles. My client success stories are off the chain.

: I curated and MC’d the sold-out Rich Happy + Hot LIVE — a 2.5 day event at Donna Karan’s UrbanZen Center in NYC. We went deep and dark and high as the sky, listening with rapturous attention as leading-edge experts and celebs like Todd Herman, Laura Roeder, Kris Carr, Josh Pais and Danielle LaPorte spilled their brilliance on everything from marketing channels to raw kale smoothies to self-publishing magic. As my RHH-ers will attest, I have no qualms about straddling pianos and lip-syncing to Jay-Z (it’s just business, baby).

: I kicked off GirlUp with their first substantial donation, proving once again that lots of cash can = lots of impact. Philanthropy is the bottom line.

: While acting as Fox News Online’s official Relationship Expert, I self-published my first book, Make Every Man Want You: How To Be So Irresistible You’ll Barely Keep From Dating Yourself! The book got picked up by McGraw-Hill, and is currently available worldwide, in 11 languages. Kelly Ripa had some sweet things to say about it, too.

: In an earlier life, I starred in a series of best-selling fitness videos for Prevention and Women’s Health, breaking down Afro-Latin and Reggae-Funk dance moves and cardio routines with a healthy dose of sass. The New York Times called my Wedding Workout DVD “hands down the best.” I’m one of the world’s first Nike Elite Dance Athletes and Master Trainers. And in case you’re wondering, the answer is YES: all of my live events include mandatory dance breaks.

: I believe in you. Let’s do this.