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== Career ==
== Career ==
Without a college degree, LaPorte began working at [[The Body Shop]] in one of their retail stores.<ref name="Ellsberg">{{cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/04/20/danielle-laporte/ | title=The Education of an Entrepreneur, Episode 2: The Story of Danielle LaPorte | publisher=Forbes | date=20 April 2012 | accessdate=2013-06-02 | author=Ellsberg, Michael}}</ref> After requesting and receiving several promotions, Laporte became director of Social Inventions at [[The Body Shop]]’s Canadian headquarters,<ref name="blogs.theprovince">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/04/07/interview-from-a-bar-stool-with-danielle-laporte/|title=Interview from a bar stool with Danielle LaPorte| work=[[The Province]] | first=Sandra |last=O'Connell |date=April 7, 2012}}</ref>
Without a college degree, LaPorte began working at [[The Body Shop]] in one of their retail stores.<ref name="Ellsberg">{{cite web | url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/michaelellsberg/2012/04/20/danielle-laporte/ | title=The Education of an Entrepreneur, Episode 2: The Story of Danielle LaPorte | publisher=Forbes | date=20 April 2012 | accessdate=2013-06-02 | author=Ellsberg, Michael}}</ref> After requesting and receiving several promotions, Laporte became director of Social Inventions at [[The Body Shop]]’s Canadian headquarters,<ref name="blogs.theprovince">{{cite news|url=http://blogs.theprovince.com/2012/04/07/interview-from-a-bar-stool-with-danielle-laporte/ |title=Interview from a bar stool with Danielle LaPorte |work=[[The Province]] |first=Sandra |last=O'Connell |date=April 7, 2012 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130529163407/http://blogs.theprovince.com:80/2012/04/07/interview-from-a-bar-stool-with-danielle-laporte/ |archivedate=2013-05-29 |df= }}</ref>
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Danielle LaPorte (born May 25, 1969 in Windsor, Ontario)[1] is a bestselling Canadian author, inspirational speaker, entrepreneur, and blogger.

She is the author of two non-fiction books on conscious goal-setting and entrepreneurship and co-author of a book on personal style .

LaPorte’s website, DanielleLaPorte.com (formerly WhiteHotTruth.com), discusses spirituality, entrepreneurship, and personal growth.[2] Forbes named her blog one of the top 100 websites for women in 2012, calling LaPorte “a contrarian self-help guru."[3]

LaPorte is one of Oprah Winfrey's Super Soul 100 Leaders. [4]

Career

Without a college degree, LaPorte began working at The Body Shop in one of their retail stores.[5] After requesting and receiving several promotions, Laporte became director of Social Inventions at The Body Shop’s Canadian headquarters,[6]

I just kept doing big things, then asking for promotions once I did them. Doing, asking, doing, asking.

— Danielle LaPorte, [5]

Prior to founding DanielleLaPorte.com, LaPorte was Executive Director of The Arlington Institute think tank in Washington, DC,[6] a partner at Carrie & Danielle, Inc.,[7][8] and was a communications strategist[9] at The Next Level communications agency.[10] She was also a regular contributor on business and career topics on the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation News Network show, Connect with Mark Kelley.[11]

She has written for Mothering.com[12] and her blog is syndicated at The Huffington Post.

Works

Books

  • Style Statement, Little, Brown and Company, 2008, ISBN 0-3160671-6-4 (co-authored with Carrie McCarthy)
  • The Fire Starter Sessions, Crown Archetype, April 2012, ISBN 978-0-307-95210-3
  • The Desire Map, White Hot Press (Danielle LaPorte Inc.), December 2012
  • The Desire Map, (revised edition) Sounds True, January 2014, ISBN 978-1-62203-251-8

Audiobooks

  • The Desire Map Experience, Sounds True, January 2014, ISBN 978-1-62203-243-3
  • The Desire Map Daily, Sounds True, January 2014, ISBN 978-1-62203-244-0

Apps

Television and Film Appearances

  • I’m Fine, Thanks[13]
  • Connect with Mark Kelley (“Real Life with Danielle LaPorte”)[11]

References

  1. ^ Mathison, Susan (April 12, 2012). "Ignite the Conversation". Positively Beautiful.
  2. ^ Gold, Kerry (March 12, 2013). "The new generation of self-help gurus: The new guard of motivation mavericks ply their trade online". MSN Money Canada.
  3. ^ Howard, Caroline (June 20, 2012). "Top 100 Websites For Women 2012". Forbes.
  4. ^ http://www.supersoul.tv/category/supersoul-100/the-complete-list
  5. ^ a b Ellsberg, Michael (20 April 2012). "The Education of an Entrepreneur, Episode 2: The Story of Danielle LaPorte". Forbes. Retrieved 2013-06-02.
  6. ^ a b O'Connell, Sandra (April 7, 2012). "Interview from a bar stool with Danielle LaPorte". The Province. Archived from the original on 2013-05-29. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ Kling, Cynthia (May 2007). "Phone Date with Style Destiny" (PDF). Domino Magazine.
  8. ^ "TechVibes". Retrieved May 10, 2012.
  9. ^ Krug, Carly Baillie (November 2006). "Fashion Equation" (PDF). Flare (magazine).
  10. ^ "Carrie and Danielle". The Startup Princess. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  11. ^ a b "Real Life with Danielle LaPorte". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  12. ^ "Articles by Danielle LaPorte". Mothering.com. Retrieved April 17, 2013.
  13. ^ "I'm Fine, Thanks|". Retrieved April 17, 2013.


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