Maria Palacio

Entrepreneur and founder of Sellah, where women find space for faith, reflection, and practical support for the businesses they are building.

Built from experience

As co-founder of Progeny Coffee, Maria helped scale the business to multimillion-dollar annual revenue, secured venture capital funding, and served companies including Google, Stripe, and Facebook.

Her work earned recognition on Forbes' Next 1000 and Inc.'s Female Founders lists.

Why Sellah began

Sellah brings that experience to a different question: how do you build a business while making room for your faith, your health, and the people you love?

That question shapes the work here. Practical business decisions belong alongside prayer, reflection, and an honest look at what you can carry.

Her work today

Through Sellah, Maria coaches and consults with women navigating business and leadership. She brings lived experience to conversations about faith-led decisions, sustainable ambition, and beginning again.

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Recognition

Inc. Female Founders · Tory Burch Fellow · Entrepreneurial Women of Impact, 2023

About Sellah

Faith belongs in the work.

You can care deeply about your business without making it the whole of your life. Sellah brings reflection and practical support together, so there is room to consider not only what you are building, but how you want to build it.

A woman in a flowing veil walking across sunlit desert dunes

What we're built on

Three ancient roots.

Three biblical ideas inspire the way we approach faith, work, and becoming.

Selah

The sacred pause

Our name is inspired by Selah, a word found throughout the Psalms. For us, it is an invitation to pause, reflect, and return to what matters.

Kli Cheres

The clay vessel

The clay vessel, inspired by Jeremiah 18, reminds us that we are still being formed. There is room here to begin again.

A time and a season

Inspired by Ecclesiastes 3, we make room for changing seasons. Consider your capacity, your responsibilities, and what needs your attention now.

"Commit to the Lord whatever you do, and your plans will succeed."

Proverbs 16:3

Ways to begin

Find your next step.

Work through a business decision with Maria, or explore a daily practice of your own.

Speaking & conversations

Invite Maria to speak.

Invite Maria to your event, team gathering, or podcast for a conversation about faith and entrepreneurship.

Keynotes · Workshops · Panels · Podcast conversations

Faith at the center.

Making business decisions that reflect what you believe, not just what the world expects.

Ambition without the exhaustion.

A conversation about hustle culture, boundaries, and building without losing yourself in the work.

The courage to begin again.

Entrepreneurship through changing seasons, and finding your next step when the original plan changes.

Inquire about speaking

Share your event date, audience, format, and budget at hello@sellah.co. Availability, topic, and fees are agreed individually.

Your work was never meant to cost you your peace.

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