Strategic Mentoring with Suzi Dafnis
One-on-one mentoring with a business owner who’s been in the trenches for over 30 years — building, scaling, selling, leading, and making the hard calls. Four focused sessions. Real strategy. No fluff.
APPLY NOW →Limited places available. Includes a complimentary 45-minute Crossroads Diagnostic Session.
30+ years building businesses. Hundreds of women mentored. Five multi-million dollar businesses. Financial freedom by the age of 36. Suzi sees what you can’t — and tells you with enough care that you can hear it.
You built this business from nothing. You’ve hustled, pivoted, figured things out on the fly, and built something real. But lately, something feels off.
Maybe it’s the nagging sense that you’re working harder than ever but not moving forward. Maybe you’re making decisions in isolation — and second-guessing every one of them. Maybe you look at your business and think: I know this could be so much more… but I can’t see the path from here.
This mentoring is for you if:
This is NOT for you if:
If reading this feels like someone just described your last six months — you’re in exactly the right place.
“A mentor is someone who allows you to see the hope inside yourself.”— Oprah Winfrey
You’ve done the courses. You’ve attended the workshops. You’ve listened to hundreds of podcast episodes and read shelf after shelf of business books.
And yet… here you are. Still stuck in the same patterns. Still overwhelmed. Still making the same $100K, $250K (or $500K, or $1M) without the profit, freedom, or clarity you thought would come with it.
Here’s what nobody tells you: generic business education doesn’t solve specific business problems.
A course can’t look at YOUR P&L and tell you where the leak is. A group program can’t sit with you and work through the conversation you need to have with your underperforming team member. A webinar can’t help you see that the business model you’ve been running for five years no longer fits the leader you’ve become.
What’s been missing isn’t more information. It’s someone who can see what you can’t — someone who’s been where you’re going, who knows the terrain, and who will tell you the truth with enough care that you can actually hear it.
That’s what a mentor does. And it’s the one thing most women business owners have never had.
“I basically loved how practical all these steps are. They’re easily actionable and give me a clear roadmap.”— Gabrielle Burke, Podcast Glow Up
This isn’t a cookie-cutter coaching program. It’s not a group call where you get three minutes to ask a question. And it’s not therapy disguised as business advice.
HerBusiness Strategic Mentoring is a structured, one-on-one engagement with Suzi Dafnis — an entrepreneur with decades of real-world experience building, scaling, and leading businesses across product, service, online, and hybrid models.
Click “Apply Now” to complete a short application and make your payment. This secures your place and gets the process started immediately.
Once your application is received, we’ll book your Crossroads Diagnostic Session with Suzi. This is a deep, focused conversation where she assesses where you are right now across the key areas of business: revenue, profitability, team, operations, marketing, mindset, and vision. You’ll walk away with clarity on exactly what to focus on first. If after your Diagnostic you decide mentoring isn’t for you, we’ll refund your payment in full — no questions asked. A $370 value. Yours free.
Spaced four to six weeks apart, each session is tailored entirely to you. No scripts. No modules. Just strategic, experienced guidance on the real challenges you’re navigating right now. Sessions are conducted via Zoom, and before each one you’ll complete a focused preparation form so every minute counts.
Suzi doesn’t disappear between calls. You’ll leave each session with clear action items, and your next session opens with a progress check. This built-in rhythm of plan, act, review is what turns insight into results.
The mentoring is designed around YOUR priorities. Common focus areas include: business model and pricing strategy, team hiring and leadership, financial clarity (budgets, profit targets, cash flow), marketing and customer acquisition, operational systems and delegation, and navigating major transitions like partnerships, exits, or pivots.
Don’t take our word for it. Here’s what women business owners say about their mentoring experience with HerBusiness.
“I was very taken by the fact that you really listened to everything I had to say and showed utmost humility and vision for what I would like to offer and achieve. I found myself during and afterwards feeling purposeful, full of meaning and direction, knowing exactly what to focus on and how to do it.”
“My mentor pushes me out of my comfort zone, and I have taken so many leaps that I wouldn’t have taken by myself. Mentoring has given me confidence in myself.”
“I’m finding it so valuable to have someone who meets me where I am in every session and helps me see things in a different light. Suzi is wise, grounded and practical in her approach to business, and I always come out of our sessions with new insights and a clearer path forward.”
“I had so many takeaways from our catch up! I found the owned/earned/paid structure gave me a lot of clarity on what I can do now myself without spending a dollar. They’re easily actionable and give me a clear roadmap.”
“It really did help me clarify that yes, I need to keep some agency leads coming in for now. You just helped me see it clearer and look at all the options from all sides, to see the priorities clearer and stop fluffing around with all the ‘nice to haves’ to be able to ship the offers.”
“I value my mentor’s time, work and mindset, and she is someone I look up to in business and in life. The session was great because it helped me realise a few hard truths about where I’m at in business and in life and where my priorities should lie.”
“Mentoring has given me a closer relationship with my customers and fans, it has helped me demonstrate my expertise in my field and develop my voice.”
“Having someone to work through the challenges with, who has the experience and knowledge to guide me through hiring, growth, and strategy — that’s been invaluable. Since starting mentoring, we’ve increased revenue, added more clients, and grown our team.”
HerBusiness Strategic Mentoring is structured around four one-on-one sessions with Suzi, each 60 minutes.
Your payment secures your place. If after the Diagnostic you decide not to proceed, you’ll receive a full refund.
A complimentary 45-minute Crossroads Diagnostic Session with Suzi — valued at $370. This deep, strategic conversation gives you real clarity before your mentoring begins.
If your mentoring leads to just one new client, one better hire, one pricing adjustment, or one operational fix — the return on this investment isn’t 2x. It’s 10x, 50x, or more.
Consider: a single pricing correction across your product suite could add $20,000–$50,000 to your annual revenue. One avoided bad hire saves you $15,000–$30,000 in recruitment, training, and lost productivity. One strategic pivot — the kind that comes from having someone who’s done it before sitting across from you — can redirect the entire trajectory of your business.
Compare that to group coaching at $2,000–$5,000 a month, or the cost of continuing to make decisions alone.
This is one of the highest-leverage investments you can make in your business.
“I found myself feeling purposeful, full of meaning and direction, knowing exactly what to focus on.”— Lydia Dyhin, Calma Lifestyle
Your mentor isn’t a consultant with a clipboard. She’s an entrepreneur who’s built real businesses, managed real teams, navigated real crises, and created real financial freedom — for herself and for the hundreds of women she’s mentored over decades.
Suzi has been building businesses for over 30 years. She started with nothing — no university degree, no family money, no MBA. What she had was relentless curiosity, a deep love of learning, and the kind of fire that comes from growing up as a first-generation Greek-Australian who always felt she had something to prove.
From her first events business run out of a spare bedroom, Suzi went on to build and lead companies across product, service, publishing, and education — operations spanning Australia, New Zealand, and the US, with annual revenue of $20+ million and 45+ staff. She achieved financial freedom by the age of 36.
Today, Suzi runs HerBusiness, Australia’s longest-running network for women business owners, and has personally mentored hundreds of women. Her superpower? An almost uncanny ability to see through the noise and pinpoint the one thing that’s actually holding you back.
Because each mentoring engagement is genuinely one-on-one and fully personalised, Suzi can only take on a limited number of mentoring clients at any time. When her calendar is full, we close applications.
If you’ve been circling the idea of mentoring — reading, thinking, wondering if now is the right time — consider this: the longer you wait, the longer you’re making decisions alone. And the cost of that isn’t just the mistakes. It’s the opportunities you never see.
“Having someone to work through the challenges with, who has the experience and knowledge to guide me — that’s been invaluable.”— Chantel Gilbert, Bluegum Electrical Solutions
We know mentoring is personal. You need to feel confident that this is the right fit — and so do we. That’s why we’ve built a risk-free entry point into the process.
When you apply, you make your payment to secure your place. We’ll then book your complimentary 45-minute Crossroads Diagnostic Session with Suzi — a deep, strategic conversation where she assesses your business and gives you real, actionable clarity.
If after your Crossroads Diagnostic Session you decide mentoring isn’t for you, we’ll refund your payment in full. No questions asked.
That means you can experience the calibre of mentoring we offer, get genuine value from the Diagnostic itself, and only proceed when you’re confident it’s worth it.
We’ve been in business for 30+ years. Our reputation matters more than any single transaction. You’re in safe hands.
You didn’t read this far because everything’s fine. You read this far because something inside you knows it’s time for a different approach.
Not another course. Not another book. Not another year of figuring it out alone.
A real conversation with someone who’s been where you’re going.
The women who work with Suzi don’t just get clarity — they get momentum. They stop spinning their wheels and start making the decisions that move their business forward.
Your business brought you this far. A mentor can take you the rest of the way.
Questions? Call 1300 720 120 or email mentoring@herbusiness.com