Shana Kay

Entrepreneur, techno-junkie, story teller, connector, happiness seeker..

Progress, its all around us – proudly South African, yes I am.

Have you been to the Cape Town International Airport lately? Have you driven along the N1, taken the M5 turnoff and seen the bridges rise up in front of your eyes? Have you driven into Cape Town from the Southern Suburbs? I have and my oh my, how impressed I am. The [...]

D.R.A.M.A oh so needed, no?

D.R.A.M.A – Distraction, Regression, Adjustment, Maturity, Action, this is what DRAMA is all about. I learned this in my latest favorite move “The Love Guru“. Today it really hit home. I have a kitten named Cleo. Cleo was given to me by my partner and although at the time it seemed good for my apartment [...]

“Love, loving and being loved”, by Shana Kay

Love, loving and being loved
- Shana Kay
To love, one must risk hurt
Loving someone can often be hurtful
Especially when unrequited
Being loved can also be hurtful
When the object of one’s affection
Is uninterested
So how to love and not get hurt?
The truth is, we can’t
They go hand in hand (or do they?)
To love, we risk everything
In the hope that [...]

The eBiz truth, honest to blog….

I’ve learned so much, since starting another business and they are hard lessons to learn. I wish someone had shared them with me, but I guess one needs to go through them to emerge victoriously. Here are some of my lessons i.t.o challenges I feel are the most pertinent ones for start-ups to realize:

everything takes [...]

Inspired by the “10 Awesome Things Challenge “… ツ

Why did the baboon cross the highway? To get to the other side of course …

African tales float through space and time with much vigor. I recall my first experience traveling abroad where when asked where I was from and even though “Cape Town, South Africa” was the answer, it mostly yielded the same response “ah, Africa, do lions roam freely where you live .. ?”
Sigh. [...]