Kelsey Hunter of Paloma – Innovating Your Own Future

Starting a business is hard, and raising money to do it is not easy either. Being a woman in the tech industry is even harder! Doing it so well that Forbes recognizes you as one of their 30 Under 30 in the Marketing & Advertising category? Nearly impossible. Kelsey Hunter did all of these things and has never doubted if she is where she should be. She is the solo founder of Paloma, a fast growing company which provides brands with everything they need to turn Facebook Messenger into a growth channel, driving conversions through automated messaging. Kelsey joins Socialfly Co-founder Courtney Spritzer in the MouthMedia Network studios for a conversation about her journey to success and building her company from the ground up, along with a surprise and a brainstorm. In this episode:

• How Kelsey started Paloma, and how efforts to get sizable investment in your company can make you feel like you’re not going to make it to the next day.
• How she did something generally thought of as insane—fundraising over the holidays—and why it worked.
• The struggle to have and project the right image before you’ve really made it.
• Making right decisions when under financial pressure.
• Helping someone succeed in the hiring process.
• Managing stress—and why Kelsey doesn’t work on Friday nights.
• And the value of a support group people who really understand you as an entrepreneur.