There may be a time when you have to make a decision to walk away, and face what is it that keeps you there. On this episode Derek and Elena talk about this moment where you may have to make a pivot, and Elena shares her own personal experience to help you with making this decision. 

Dr. Sharon Spano is a corporate business strategist, work force expert, and former radio host of WorkSmart Live, who empowers business leaders and entrepreneurs to maximize performance, improve employee engagement, and increase bottom-line results. In this episode, Derek talks with Dr. Sharon Spano a little more about her entrepreneurial background.

Elena Petzhold joins Derek again to follow up on her life after she was featured on the show, Shark Tank. She discusses her business, and some major takeaways from her experience with the sharks.

Mentorship is highly important in any role, but even more important when you're the CEO. You have to continue to push yourself, and your company, and having a mentor will help guide you through those tough times. A mentor can tell you what they have done for themselves, which can help you know what to do, and what not to do.

In early 2000, the digital age was coming to the music industry. Glicken began his career in 2000 as an audio engineer at Circle House Studios in Miami. In this episode, Derek and Stephen talk about merging companies, and the struggles that come with that.

Michael Hudson is a strategic advisor, consultant, & speaker who helps leaders and influencers be heard and understood when the stakes are high. Michael shares his heart gripping story of climbing out of some major struggles that he was faced with at an early age.

Should you create fans first, and then turns fans into customers? David Meerman Scott, and Derek Champagne dive into this topic. David wrote a book called "Fanocracy" that goes into this subject in great detail.

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. Derek talks with Shannon today to get to know more about her as a person, and a little more on her background.

Derek talks with Dan Kuschell about his unique personal and entrepreneurial journey. Dan is  the Founder/CEO of Breakthrough3x which helps you get unstuck, connect the dots, and see the blind spots to create a steady flow of leads, sales, and profits, so you can have a bigger impact, reach, and contribution.

Stephen Glicken has an amazing story of how he got his start in the music industy. Derek talks with Stephen today to hear about some of the valleys his had to tread through in his entrepreneurial journey.