cast your votes! strike a match for fire starter session winners!

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Love Match Week yielded 130 fervent applications from aspiring entrepreneurs from New York to New Zealand. Guidelines for applicants were finicky but open to interpretation. Alexandra and I selected 15 finalists, and now it's time for the the free world to choose the winners. 7 of them. Each of whom had a great cocktail line and is revving to take their work in the world to the next level.

It's out of my hands now. I kind of feel like Simon Cowell when it's America's turn to choose the Idol. (But sweeter. And without all that V-neck exposing chest hair.)

To everyone who bought The Fire Starters Sessions and donated their copy to the Love Match Mix for this very purpose, I am giving you a humble bow of Namaste and appreciation. Your giving is flint for someone's aspirations and stamina. It's beautiful. Thank you very, very much.

To everyone who applied to win: Thank you for putting your dreams and requests on display for tens of thousands of people to see. Entrepreneurship is an unending journey of asking, and strengthening your "ask muscle" always pays off.

To the finalists: Nicely done! You made it this far because you're on the road to clarity in presenting yourself and your business. Now...send the world over here to vote for you. FYI, the Twitter hashtag is #FireSS

VOTING ENDS AT MIDNIGHT PST THIS FRIDAY, OCTOBER 15

The 15 contenders vying for 7 copies of The Fire Starter Sessions program are:

(in no particular order)

: ANGELIQUE ARROYO
: APRIL BOWLES-OLIN
: NICHOLA BENDALL
: KAI SOREMEKUN
: TALLULAH FLYTE
: LEAH PAULS
: HOLLY SMITH
: KIMBERLY GILL
: MAIA DUERR
: CHLOE WALKER
: DEANNA GIBBONS
: TESSA ZENG
: HANNAH MAYO
: BRITTANY JADE TRUBRIDGE
: PATSY KAY KOLESAR

Ready? Set?

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Vive la democracy!

With Love,