Melissa is the owner and Chief Executive Officer of Mahmee.com, an online platform for new mothers to connect with postpartum healthcare providers. Find out what goes into running a new website as well as where the idea came from!
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>> My name is Melissa Hanna, and I'm the founder and CEO of mommy.com. Mommy.com is a platform for new mothers and postpartum health care providers to connect so that mothers get on demand, personalized education and care when they come home from the hospital with a new baby. Every day is different right now. We are in the early stages of the company. Currently fundraising and completing a product. And so I never know what to expect each day. I kind of like to think there's always going to be two good things and two bad things every day. So knowing that, there's highs and lows, but I'm prepared for them. I'm usually writing content with health care providers or talking to new moms, finding out what their needs are, how we can help them better. Working with the developers on the product, talking to marketing people about how to get our name out there in the market. Every day is different. There was definitely a gap in the market. A lot of hospitals are, because of the changes with health care and insurance, are sending mothers home faster than ever before. Once you have a baby if you're well enough to go home, they discharge you. And so you're panicking, you're home wondering, you know, what am I supposed it do now? Who do I call? My pediatrician isn't home, or isn't at the office at 10:00 o'clock at night when I have questions. So we saw an opportunity to provide care and support and education at times when you couldn't get to your doctor's office.
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