Interview with Darrah Brustein, Founder of “Life by Design, Not by Default”

Interview with Darrah Brustein, Founder of “Life by Design, Not by Default”

Equal parts teacher, connecter, and founder, Darrah Brustein stands for entrepreneurial empowerment. In the fall of 2018, Darrah launched “Life by Design, Not by Default” sharing stories with visionaries like Deepak Chopra, Adam Grant and Jen Sincero in a 45 speaker online summit reaching over 7,000 people. For the past 10 years, she founded and scaled two businesses in tandem: a networking events company serving […]

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Interview with Chris Tuff, Author of “The Millennial Whisperer”

Interview with Chris Tuff, Author of “The Millennial Whisperer”

In this episode Derek talks with Chris Tuff about his new book: “The Millennial Whisperer”. As one of the first marketers to work with startups like Facebook in 2005, Chris has built his career surrounded by Millennials while becoming one of the sought out leaders in the digital marketing space. He’s a partner at the advertising agency 22squared in Atlanta, GA where he successfully attracts, […]

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Interview with Daniel Puder, Professional MMA Fighter & Social Entrepreneur

Interview with Daniel Puder, Professional MMA Fighter & Social Entrepreneur

In this episode Derek interviews Daniel Puder. Daniel Puder is a social entrepreneur and the CEO and founder of My Life My Power World Inc., GPS for, Transformational Technologies, LLC and My Life My Brand Media Agency. Puder is a Professional MMA Fighter and wrestled for WWE after he won $1,000,000 Tough Enough on Smackdown. He launched his non-profit in 2010 called My Life My Power and after the […]

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Interview with Brian P. Moran, Author of the 12 Week Year

Interview with Brian P. Moran, Author of the 12 Week Year

Brian Moran has over thirty years of expertise as a CEO, corporate executive, entrepreneur, consultant and coach. His background as a corporate executive combined with his experience as an entrepreneur positions him with a unique skill set to help individuals and organizations grow and prosper. Brian’s corporate experience includes management and executive positions with UPS, PepsiCo, and Northern Automotive. As an entrepreneur he has personally […]

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Interview with John W. Collins, Founder & CEO of OmniiX

Interview with John W. Collins, Founder & CEO of OmniiX

In this episode Derek Champagne interviews John Collins about key lessons in entrepreneurship and leadership. John W. Collins is a dynamic executive with a background in business consulting and financial management with prominent wire house organizations such as Wells Fargo and Merrill Lynch. In addition to having established his own consumer brands and being among the top 1% of Amazon sellers, he is the founder […]

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Interview with Todd Palmer, Collaborative Business Advisor & CEO of Extraordinary Advisors (EA)

Interview with Todd Palmer, Collaborative Business Advisor & CEO of Extraordinary Advisors (EA)

In this episode Derek Champagne interviews. Todd Palmer. Todd is the collaborative business advisor and CEO of Extraordinary Advisors (EA). As the CEO of a 6-time INC 5000 company, Todd knows that business success begins and ends with people. People make all of the business decisions regarding strategy, execution, and cash. Todd isn’t happy until his clients trust themselves as leaders, AND their decisions. He […]

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Interview with David Quick, 3-Time CEO & Speaker

Interview with David Quick, 3-Time CEO & Speaker

Derek Champagne interviews David Quick. David is a “recovering bull in the china shop” who now uses his passion to help business leaders and their teams thrive. A 3-time CEO of rapid growth organizations, David now helps leaders thrive by sharpening their focus on Vision, Values, Expectations, Engagement. David puts executive coaching, live events, keynote presentations and group sessions all to work to help create […]

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Interview with Marques Ogden, Former NFL player and Author of Sleepless Nights: The NFL: a Business & Family

Interview with Marques Ogden, Former NFL player and Author of Sleepless Nights: The NFL: a Business & Family

Derek Champagne interviews former NFL player and entrepreneur, Marques Ogden. Marques, the best-selling author of “Sleepless Nights: The NFL: a Business and Family”, talks with Derek about his childhood years, playing in the NFL, his entrepreneurial journey, and leadership lessons along the way. Growing up in a single-parent home with a father that inspired and demonstrated perseverance and fairness, Marques Ogden learned how to define […]

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Interview with Johnathan Grzybowski, Co-Founder of Penji

Interview with Johnathan Grzybowski, Co-Founder of Penji

Derek Champagne interviews Johnathan Grzybowski. Johnathan is the co-founder of Penji, a dependable on-demand design service that helps marketing teams receive unlimited custom design at a flat monthly cost. His goal is to empower the next generation of designers through education and community building. Johnathan is also the producer and host of The Blind Entrepreneur Podcast featuring interviews with entrepreneurs, CEO’s, and business professionals to […]

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Interview with Shannon Adkins, Thought Leader & CEO at Future State

Interview with Shannon Adkins, Thought Leader & CEO at Future State

Shannon Adkins is a thought leader and CEO at Future State, a woman-owned, employee-owned consulting company with a triple bottom line where people get to be themselves. They treat their clients as the smartest person in the room, making them feel cared for and collaborated with on every step of the way. Their clients include Fortune 100, non-profits and start ups alike, and they are […]

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