In this episode Derek talks with Dave Alpern, President of Joe Gibbs Racing and author of Taking the Lead.

In this episode Derek Champagne, CEO of The Artist Evolution, interviews Beau Oyler, founder of Enlisted Design and Urbio. He has created rich product and brand experiences for fortune 500's and small startups. Beau talks about what he is most proud of in his life.  

Brent Medders talks about his mind set, and driving force, that keeps him growing his business. His personal drive for competition, as well as giving younger people an opportunity to grow, is the root of his drive to keep expanding.

Being positive, and solutions oriented will help you keep negativity out of your mindset, and out of your business. That negativity that can build up will slow your creative growth down, and hinder your productivity. Brandon Lewin has some amazing tips on ways to block out negativity.

Art Shamsky, former MLB player who won the 1969 World Series with the NY Mets. Art was not always in New York, in fact he was a transplant to New York when he got drafted by the team. He then lived there for 50 years after winning the championship.

In 2010 there were 18,000 retailers selling ATV's, and in 2011 there 10,000 of them left. If Arlene Battishill was going to make it in the entrepreneurial world, she had a fight on her hands. The US was just coming out of the recession, and she had to figure out how to get on the market in the worst possible conditions. Arlene was determined to get her revolutionary product, GoGoGear, on the market, and would stop at nothing to make it happen.

Derek talks with baseball legend Art Shamsky. Art was a prominent player with the iconic 69' Mets World Series Championship Team. Art captures an important part of our nation's history: a country torn apart by war, the year of Woodstock, the year of first person on the moon, and the "lovable losers" who went from underdog to champions! Be sure to order Art's new MUST READ book: "After the Miracle: The Lasting Brotherhood of the '69 Mets" Learn more at: http://artshamsky.com/ Order your copy here: http://www.artshamsky.com/memorabilia/book/