Mindfulness-powered courses and coaching for speakers, performers, and competitors.
Created by Ph.D. educator, professonal musician & Zen-trained coach.
Welcome to our confidential Discovery Packet—a swift inside look at Little School of Fish and our mission to speakers, performers, and competitors worldwide:
Why now – Performance anxiety is pervasive and costly; new tech lets us personalize at scale. We’re building the category leader and want operators who can move with all deliberate haste to capture a blue-ocean opportunity.
Who we want – Decision-makers with real distribution or domain authority in business, arts, or sport; willing to run pilots and own outcomes.
What we offer – Equity/rev-share tied to milestones, co-branding, access to IP and content engine, hands-on launch support, upside from a scalable platform.
What we ask – Commit to co-run a 3–4 week micro-pilot, bring your audience/ops muscle, align to data-driven KPIs, and keep it simple (light NDA/MOU).
How to apply – Watch the 6-min walkthrough, peruse the Partnership Offer, then complete the Partner Discovery Questionnaire.
Tagline: Tame your nerves. Unleash your confidence. Ignite your potential.
Vision: Be the go-to global online hub for practical, mindfulness-based performance-anxiety solutions, enrolling 10,000+ students annually and partnering with leading organizations in business, arts, and sport.
LSoF teaches a skill—not a magic trick—so individuals can turn natural adrenaline into presence and power when the spotlight hits.
We start with two truths: you’re not broken (performance anxiety is human) and “never-nervous” is a myth; the real win is a healthier relationship with nerves. Instead of hacky tips or rigid breath control, we use mindfulness as practical awareness training: notice the surge, allow it, refocus. Short daily lessons pair concept + drill + deliberate exposure and simple feedback loops that make progress visible. The payoff is reliable calm on demand, stronger delivery, and access to flow—whether you’re speaking, performing, or competing.
Dr. David Lee Fish, Ph.D., helps presenters, artists, and athletes transform anxiety into peak performance through his evidence-based, mindfulness-driven Speak/Perform/Compete with Confidence approach. Having studied under the same Zen master who inspired Jon Kabat-Zinn’s contemporary mindfulness, he combines timeless wisdom with scholarly excellence. The former Catawba College department head and APME co-founder wrote The 5-Day Stage Fright Solution and leads Little School of Fish’s digital programs, mentoring, and in-person training—targeting 10,000+ students annually.
Dr. Fish’s 5-Day STAGE FRIGHT Solution book has won praise for its engaging style, broad usefulness, and proven, practical techniques that tackle the root causes of performance anxiety.
Matt McAvoy, MJV Literary Review – ★★★★★
“A fascinating and unexpectedly entertaining self-help book … practical, persuasive, and packed with insights for everyone.”
Maya Fleischman, San Francisco Book Review
“Thorough yet concise, this guide pinpoints the roots of stage fright and dismantles them with clearly defined, practical techniques—its encouraging tone and mindfulness side-benefits make it doubly valuable.”
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To accelerate growth, Little School of Fish intends to seek outside investment once our three equity partners are on board and we’ve shown early traction through micro-pilot course enrollments and engagement.
At that stage, our proof of concept will give us the evidence and momentum needed to approach investors confidently and secure a strong pre-money valuation, ensuring that both our partners and the venture are positioned for long-term success.
We’ve gotten quite a bit of feedback on the images we use at LSoF (like the ones you see here), especially from marketing professionals.
Some see them as fresh, engaging, and cartoon-like in a good way. Others feel the opposite.
But in a landscape dominated by Memphis-style flat vectors and the so-called “Corporate Memphis” look, our visuals at least stand out—just as our color scheme cuts through the sea of blue that floods so many websites.
In the end, our CMO and real-world A/B testing will help shape the final GTM look and feel of LSoF.
| Layer | Tool(s) | Why we chose it / growth path |
|---|---|---|
| Learning-experience platform (LXP) | WordPress + LearnDash | Easiest to launch quickly, robust capabilities. |
| Video hosting / DRM | Spotlightr | Customizable player, chapter markers, secure HLS streams. |
| Live coaching & workshops | Google Meet + Zapier | Ubiquitous for learners; Zapier pushes attendance data back into CRM/LMS. |
| Community / cohort chat | Circle.so | Slack-like UX, API hooks to gate access by course enrollment. |
| Email & CRM | ConvertKit | Visual automations for nurturing; integrates with Stripe, Kajabi, Circle. |
| Payments & subscriptions | Stripe | Global reach, handles split payouts for partner equity rev-share. |
| Automation / glue | Zapier | Connects wait-list forms, email onboarding, course enrollments. |
| AI coaching prototype | OpenAI GPT-4o via custom chatbot | Delivers 24/7 “Coach Fish” support; logs Q&A for course-improvement insights. |
As part of our growth strategy, Little School of Fish plans to run a micro-pilot course to validate demand, refine our funnel, and generate early results attractive to angel investors.
Total spend: $2,000–$5,000.
Discover how select collaborators can earn an ownership stake in Little School of Fish in exchange for driving growth, expertise, and measurable results.
If you’d like to be considered for one of the partner opportunities at Little School of Fish, please answer these questions three* (with apologies to Monty Python).
*The three questions appear if by magic when you select the founding-partner seat that interests you.
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