Marketing Today With Alan Hart

On this 236th episode of "Marketing Today," host Alan Hart speaks with Travis Montaque, the founder and CEO of Holler. This messaging technology company uses AI and content to improve consumer communication online. Holler is on the frontline of the ongoing battle to bring human emotion into the world of technology.The conversation with Montaque begins with his time at Chick-fil-a as a teenager, starting as a cashier and eventually working his way to the role of district manager by the time he was 19-years-old. Montaque was able to make the "fastest transition from Main Street to Wall Street" that I have ever seen, leaving Chick-fil-a to work for a private equity firm at only the age of 20. Montaque then discusses the difficulties of deciding not to accept an offer with Goldman Sachs and instead start Holler and how the pursuit of passion "inspires people around you to invest with whatever they can."We then dive into Montaque's efforts as a successful black entrepreneur to bring diversity into the corporate en