About Ari Demi Enterprises

Ari Demi Enterprises is a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic clarity for mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives. Through our signature service, Idea Therapy™, we help you turn complex ideas into actionable strategies, purpose-aligned offers, and frameworks that move your work forward.

We exist to serve people who are driven by purpose, not pressure. Our mission is to provide high-impact strategy that helps changemakers clarify their vision, refine their message, and build with intention. Our vision is a world where more people create from a place of alignment, not burnout, and where strategy is an act of care, not just commerce.

Meet the Founder: Dr. Ariel D. Smith

Dr. Ariel D. Smith is the founder and chief strategist of Ari Demi Enterprises and the creator of Idea Therapy™. She is a scholar-practitioner, ordained minister, and seasoned entrepreneur with over a decade of experience at the intersection of education, entrepreneurship, cultural strategy, and community innovation.

Dr. Smith launched her first business over ten years ago and has since built a career that bridges research, real-world experience, and spiritual grounding. She has founded ventures, taught entrepreneurship at the collegiate level, and conducted research on Black entrepreneurs across the United States. Her work is rooted in the belief that strategic clarity can transform not only a business, but the person behind it.

Why Idea Therapy™ Works

Too many entrepreneurs are stuck between purpose and pressure, intuition and information overload. Idea Therapy™ is designed to cut through the noise. Whether you’re overwhelmed with ideas or struggling to articulate your vision, Dr. Smith helps you:

  • Clarify your message and value proposition

  • Align your offers and operations with your mission

  • Build frameworks and strategies that are both practical and soulful


This isn’t business coaching. It’s strategic partnership for people who build with heart.


Why You Want Dr. Smith as Your Thought Partner


Strategic Consultant

You’ll get frameworks, messaging, and ideas that are clear, implementable, and aligned with your purpose.


Scholar-Practitioner

Dr. Smith has lived what she teaches: she’s launched businesses, studied entrepreneurs, and taught entrepreneurship across academic and community settings.


Transformational Educator

You’ll leave with more than answers. You’ll gain insight, language, and confidence to move forward with clarity.


Cultural Translator

Dr. Smith helps you name what you know, ground it in strategy, and share it in a way that connects with your audience.

About Ari Demi Enterprises

Ari Demi Enterprises is a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic clarity for mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives. Through our signature service, Idea Therapy™, we help you turn complex ideas into actionable strategies, purpose-aligned offers, and frameworks that move your work forward.


We exist to serve people who are driven by purpose, not pressure. Our mission is to provide high-impact strategy that helps changemakers clarify their vision, refine their message, and build with intention. Our vision is a world where more people create from a place of alignment, not burnout, and where strategy is an act of care, not just commerce.

Meet the Founder: Dr. Ariel D. Smith

Dr. Ariel D. Smith is the founder and chief strategist of Ari Demi Enterprises and the creator of Idea Therapy™. She is a scholar-practitioner, ordained minister, and seasoned entrepreneur with over a decade of experience at the intersection of education, entrepreneurship, cultural strategy, and community innovation.


Dr. Smith launched her first business over ten years ago and has since built a career that bridges research, real-world experience, and spiritual grounding. She has founded ventures, taught entrepreneurship at the collegiate level, and conducted research on Black entrepreneurs across the United States. Her work is rooted in the belief that strategic clarity can transform not only a business, but the person behind it.

Why Idea Therapy™ Works

Too many entrepreneurs are stuck between purpose and pressure, intuition and information overload. Idea Therapy™ is designed to cut through the noise. Whether you’re overwhelmed with ideas or struggling to articulate your vision, Dr. Smith helps you:

  • Clarify your message and value proposition

  • Align your offers and operations with your mission

  • Build frameworks and strategies that are both practical and soulful


This isn’t business coaching. It’s strategic partnership for people who build with heart.


Why You Want Dr. Smith as Your Thought Partner


Strategic Consultant

You’ll get frameworks, messaging, and ideas that are clear, implementable, and aligned with your purpose.


Scholar-Practitioner

Dr. Smith has lived what she teaches: she’s launched businesses, studied entrepreneurs, and taught entrepreneurship across academic and community settings.


Transformational Educator

You’ll leave with more than answers. You’ll gain insight, language, and confidence to move forward with clarity.


Cultural Translator

Dr. Smith helps you name what you know, ground it in strategy, and share it in a way that connects with your audience.

About Ari Demi Enterprises

Ari Demi Enterprises is a boutique consulting firm specializing in strategic clarity for mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives. Through our signature service, Idea Therapy™, we help you turn complex ideas into actionable strategies, purpose-aligned offers, and frameworks that move your work forward.


We exist to serve people who are driven by purpose, not pressure. Our mission is to provide high-impact strategy that helps changemakers clarify their vision, refine their message, and build with intention. Our vision is a world where more people create from a place of alignment, not burnout, and where strategy is an act of care, not just commerce.

Meet the Founder: Dr. Ariel D. Smith

Dr. Ariel D. Smith is the founder and chief strategist of Ari Demi Enterprises and the creator of Idea Therapy™. She is a scholar-practitioner, ordained minister, and seasoned entrepreneur with over a decade of experience at the intersection of education, entrepreneurship, cultural strategy, and community innovation.


Dr. Smith launched her first business over ten years ago and has since built a career that bridges research, real-world experience, and spiritual grounding. She has founded ventures, taught entrepreneurship at the collegiate level, and conducted research on Black entrepreneurs across the United States. Her work is rooted in the belief that strategic clarity can transform not only a business, but the person behind it.

Why Idea Therapy™ Works

Too many entrepreneurs are stuck between purpose and pressure, intuition and information overload. Idea Therapy™ is designed to cut through the noise.


Whether you’re overwhelmed with ideas or struggling to articulate your vision, Dr. Smith helps you:


  • Clarify your message and value proposition

  • Align your offers and operations with your mission

  • Build frameworks and strategies that are both practical and soulful


This isn’t business coaching. It’s strategic partnership for people who build with heart.


Why You Want Dr. Smith as Your Thought Partner


Strategic Consultant

You’ll get frameworks, messaging, and ideas that are clear, implementable, and aligned with your purpose.


Scholar-Practitioner

Dr. Smith has lived what she teaches: she’s launched businesses, studied entrepreneurs, and taught entrepreneurship across academic and community settings.


Transformational Educator

You’ll leave with more than answers. You’ll gain insight, language, and confidence to move forward with clarity.


Cultural Translator

Dr. Smith helps you name what you know, ground it in strategy, and share it in a way that connects with your audience.

Who We Work With

Our clients are not chasing trends. They are guided by transformation.

They are:

  • Mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives

  • Purpose-aligned, even if still clarifying what that means

  • People who care deeply about community, however they define it

  • Builders who don’t want to sacrifice people for profit

  • Savvy and strategic, but also heart-centered

If you value alignment, integrity, wellness, and building something that reflects your values—not just market demands—you’ll feel right at home here.We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all business advice. We believe your work deserves language, strategy, and structure that honors who you are and who you’re becoming.

Ready to get started?


Explore our services or book a discovery call to see if we’re the right fit.


Who We Work With


Our clients are not chasing trends. They are guided by transformation.

They are:

  • Mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives

  • Purpose-aligned, even if still clarifying what that means

  • People who care deeply about community, however they define it

  • Builders who don’t want to sacrifice people for profit

  • Savvy and strategic, but also heart-centered


If you value alignment, integrity, wellness, and building something that reflects your values—not just market demands—you’ll feel right at home here.

We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all business advice. We believe your work deserves language, strategy, and structure that honors who you are and who you’re becoming.

Ready to get started?


Explore our services or book a discovery call to see if we’re the right fit.


Who We Work With

Our clients are not chasing trends. They are guided by transformation.

They are:


  • Mission-driven leaders, entrepreneurs, and creatives

  • Purpose-aligned, even if still clarifying what that means

  • People who care deeply about community, however they define it

  • Builders who don’t want to sacrifice people for profit

  • Savvy and strategic, but also heart-centered


If you value alignment, integrity, wellness, and building something that reflects your values—not just market demands—you’ll feel right at home here.


We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all business advice. We believe your work deserves language, strategy, and structure that honors who you are and who you’re becoming.

Ready to get started?


Explore our services or book a discovery call to see if we’re the right fit.