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My experience at the #WeAreSME event
Have you ever found yourself in a situation where once you got there, you thought to yourself, “what the actual f**k am I doing here and how do I get out of this?”…
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OFFICIAL JOINT STATEMENT: Outcome of Ubuntu Baba / Woolworths discussions
We are pleased to announce that Ubuntu Baba and Woolworths have reached a positive and amicable resolution. As a primarily private label business and given this recent experience, Woolworths will be putting into…
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What would’ve happened to your business if Woolworths continued to sell?
I was recently asked this question by Matt Brownell, the Head of Brand Marketing at Yoco. I hadn’t really thought about that yet, because I knew that when the public found out about…
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Update on Ubuntu Baba / Woolworths situation
I had no idea that my previous blog post would explode on social media the way it did. I knew we were in for some attention, but the support from our customers and…
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Dear Woolworths, you have some explaining to do.
“Shannon have you seen this?” I open my WhatsApp to read the message and see a screenshot of the baby carrier I designed being sold on Woolworths’ online shop. I can’t describe the…
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The Magazine.
I never thought I’d write about this again but I realize now that it’s a huge part of my story to becoming an entrepreneur that actually (finally) pays herself a salary as well…
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2018, you were a real teacher
This year seems to have gone a lot faster than others. Time is racing and it’s not just because I’m getting older, everyone can feel it. Here are some of my thoughts on…
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I saw Dave smile
While browsing through Instagram stories last night, I scrolled past a photo of an old friend, sitting in the Empire Café down in Muizenberg, with a massive smile on his face. What a…
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Where am I in these pics?
I’m so tired. Is it even possible to be this tired? I scroll through old photos on my phone, photos from like 5 years ago. My skin was plump and glowing. The bags…
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Because just ‘a Mother’ isn’t a real job.
What do you want to be when you grow up Shannon? It differed from day to day. A hairdresser some days, because one of my parent’s friends was a hairdresser and she was…
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