Business Leadership Series

Derek Champagne

Booking Overview

Interview series focused on business leadership, entrepreneurship, and personal growth, typically featuring accomplished founders, executives, bestselling authors, athletes, entertainers, and high-profile activists with compelling leadership stories. Credible pitches include recognized business leaders, authors, athletes, public intellectuals, and experts with substantial achievements or an actionable personal transformation story; booking difficulty is high because the show regularly features prominent guests.

Metrics

Episodes: 100

Frequency: Weekly

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

derek@theartistevolution.com

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Host

Derek Champagne - Derek Champagne hosts the Business Leadership Series, interviewing accomplished entrepreneurs, business leaders, authors, athletes, entertainers, and other figures with notable personal and profess...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

high

Typical Credentials:

Established founders, CEOs, executives, bestselling authors, professional athletes, entertainment leaders, activists, and other accomplished public figures with a significant body of work or a compelling leadership story.

Required Achievements:

Founded or led notable companies or organizations, Published bestselling or award-winning books, Built a prominent professional career in sports or entertainment, Received major public recognition or achieved substantial influence, Led meaningful social-impact or human-rights work

Recent Guest Discussions

Sramana Mitra - Entrepreneurship Acceleration, Startup Growth, Innovation, Artificial Intelligence, And Helping Founders Reach Sustainable Revenue.

Shaka Senghor - Freedom, Personal Transformation, Trust, Mindset, Emotional Healing, Leadership, And Redefining Masculinity.

John R. Miles - Meaning, Purpose, Personal Leadership, Workplace Culture, Visibility, And Creating A Life Of Worth.

Richard Foos - Entrepreneurship, Music Business, Reissue Culture, Entertainment Companies, Social Activism, And Building A Lasting Legacy.

Enes Kanter Freedom - Human Rights, Athlete Activism, Leadership, Empathy, Social Justice, And The Personal Costs Of Speaking Out.

Recent Topics

Business, Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Personal Development, Human Rights

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Business Leadership Series

Episode 1488: NASCAR - President of Joe Gibbs Racing

September 27, 2026

In this episode Derek talks with Dave Alpern, President of Joe Gibbs Racing and author of Taking the Lead. The president of Joe Gibbs Racing―the winningest team in NASCAR history―shares the secrets of succeeding in business and in life.In NASCAR, as in life, the difference between winning and losing often comes down to being in the right place at the right time and making the most of every opportunity.Nobody understands that better than Dave Alpern. Dave started his career as an unpaid intern...

Episode 1487: One Million by One Million

September 20, 2026

Derek Champagne talks with Sramana Mitra.Sramana is the founder and CEO of One Million by One Million (1Mby1M), the world’s first and only global virtual incubator/accelerator. Its goal is to help a million entrepreneurs globally reach a million dollars in annual revenue, build a trillion dollars in global GDP, and create 10 million jobs.Since its founding in 2010, 1Mby1M has become a powerful platform for democratization of entrepreneurship acceleration.Sramana also developed 1Mby1M’s Incuba...

Episode 1486: Shaka Senghor: How To Be Free

September 14, 2026

NYT bestselling author Shaka Senghor talks with Derek Champagne about his personal story and his powerful new book, How to Be Free: A Proven Guide to Escaping Life’s Hidden Prisons."I love this book—because it teaches you how to manifest freedom in your own life and how that work allows you to rise to your greatest glory." —Oprah Winfrey, The Oprah PodcastAfter 19 years in prison—7 of them in solitary—Shaka emerged not just with a story, but with a methodology. In this book, he distills the i...

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derek@theartistevolution.com

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