<p>Molly Bloom is an entrepreneur and the best-selling author of <i>Molly’s Game,</i> a story that inspired a best-picture nomination, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom’s story traces her journey from college student and LA waitress to operating the largest and most notorious poker game in the world, featuring hundreds of millions of dollars and hosting players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-Rod, and Ben Affleck. </p><p>As Bloom tells her audiences, at just 23 years old, she built an elite international, multi-million-dollar brand with no sales force, no CRM software, no marketing and no experience. Eventually, she upped the stakes and found herself at the helm of a poker game boasting a $250,000 buy-in. She shares the details of how a single mistake at the height of her game turned the entire enterprise into a spectacular failure, brought a team of FBI agents to her door, and led her to rebuild her life with her reputation intact. </p><p>Bloom promotes the power of authenticity and why you should always bet on yourself. On stage, she talks about the inner drive that led her to pursue a career as a world-class skier. After her pre-teen diagnosis of severe scoliosis and resulting surgery, doctors insisted her ski career was over. A year later, fully recovered, she was back on the slopes, eventually becoming a member of the U.S. Ski Team and the No. 3 ranked mogul skier in North America. When her health again dashed her Olympic dreams, she worked as a waitress in LA, where she discovered her entrepreneurial instincts and made plans to take a high-stakes, underground poker game away from her boss, a very rich, very powerful and connected member of the billionaire boys club. </p><p>The film <i>Molly’s Game</i>, written and directed by Aaron Sorkin, stars Jessica Chastain (as Molly), Idris Elba, Kevin Costner, Michael Cera, Brian d’Arcy James, and Chris O’Dowd. Bloom has appeared on <i>Ellen</i>, NPR, <i>Vulture</i> and in <i>Vice</i>, and<i> The Los Angeles Times.</i> She was invited to speak at <i>Fortune’s </i>“Most Powerful Women” and for companies like Blackrock Financial and SiriusXM Radio. </p>
Inspirational Poker Entrepreneur; Best-Selling Author of the Memoir and Movie Molly’s Game by Aaron Sorkin
<ul><li><strong>Molly's Game: The True Story Behind the Most Exclusive, High-Stakes Underground Poker Game in the World</strong> </li><li>What’s it like to run an exclusive poker game for the rich and famous? Molly Bloom went from Olympic-level skier who didn’t know a thing about poker to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. In this motivational talk, Bloom reveals the sales and marketing skills she used to attract hundreds of millions of dollars to the game and spark the interest of players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-Rod, and Ben Affleck. Audiences will get the inside story not shown in the film as Bloom shares true-life tales of her experience. </li><li><strong>Make Every Customer Feel like a High Roller</strong></li><li>Molly Bloom didn’t know a thing about running a poker business when she was asked to set up the most exclusive high-stakes poker game in Hollywood. She was faced with the daunting question: how do you create an experience that will keep the rich and famous coming back when they can go anywhere to play poker? Molly found if she built a unique customer culture, not only would players come back, the game would become so exclusive that everyone would want to be a part of it. In this exciting and informative talk, Bloom shows how she created an experience like no other for her players and how you can apply the same principles for creating an exclusive experience for your customers. </li></ul>