Shot Caller: A Podcast by Shannon Sagawe

This Shot Caller story, told by Nicola Foulston , CEO of Rosenblatt Solicitors in London, will give you a birds eye view into the life of a true business disruptor!  Do you think you are too young to disrupt a male dominated industry? Do you think you are too old to disrupt a male dominated industry?  Nicola will prove you wrong on BOTH accounts. Nicola inherited Brands Hatch race track , a belove...

Your next Shot Caller story is told by Judy Sindecuse, CEO of  Capital Innovators, a top rated venture capital and accelerator fund in St. Louis, Missouri. Judy founded Bride & Groom magazine out of necessity and created a very successful formula for investing in future businesses.  Today, Judy is a top quartile rated female venture capitalist who has raised over $300 million in venture funds.  Un...

Your next Story Is told by Dr. Christine Chow on the importance of role models for women in the workplace, her private investments in "impact" driven start-ups, social-responsible investing, the need for AI ethics and Donald Rumsfeld !  Christine has a distinguished professional background in shareholder engagement for responsible investing which means you get a quick master lesson on some critica...

This interview with Gigi is juxtaposed with the interview I did previously with her mother Shelly.  Both women are entrepreneurs but were born into two dramatically different environments, yet each faced their own set of challenges and opportunities.  Gigi, as a Gen Y'er, not a Millennial, has interesting insight into being in this generation "gap" and graduating from college directly into a histo...

Shelly tells us how she was married off as a young girl in India to a young boy from London.  How she went from timid and meek to strong and confident while fighting for custody of her son in both India and the UK.  She enlightens us in a very positive way about her journey as an entrepreneur, starting with GBP 250 and turning that into GBP 60k in a few short months. She has another "iteration" wh...

I spoke to Bodil about her path starting as a young girl from Jutland, Denmark, beginning her career as a reporter in a farming community, recreating herself as a criminal reporter and eventually becoming Denmark's most legendary Royal reporter, giving an infamous interview with Prince Henrik of Denmark that caused quite a stir at the time.  In her role as the Danish Royal Reporter, she covered al...