Molly Bloom

So yeah, I was like, I'm going to build the biggest poker game in the world.

So yeah, I was like, I'm going to build the biggest poker game in the world.

Yeah.

Yeah.

So what I focused on

So what I focused on

much earlier than, you know, eventually I realized that if you're treating the business, if you're treating the poker game like a business, essentially what you want is you want nine people seated around a table with equal playing styles, equal skill levels, and hopefully you get these heart-pumping results, but at the end of the year, the money changes hands and the house wins, okay?

much earlier than, you know, eventually I realized that if you're treating the business, if you're treating the poker game like a business, essentially what you want is you want nine people seated around a table with equal playing styles, equal skill levels, and hopefully you get these heart-pumping results, but at the end of the year, the money changes hands and the house wins, okay?

But before I realized that, what I had was,

But before I realized that, what I had was,

I was raised by parents who were very ... They believed in teaching lessons all the time, and my dad's was excellence and discipline and overcoming fear, and my mom's was integrity, integrity, integrity.

I was raised by parents who were very ... They believed in teaching lessons all the time, and my dad's was excellence and discipline and overcoming fear, and my mom's was integrity, integrity, integrity.

And what can you do for the world, and don't make people feel like they're transactions.

And what can you do for the world, and don't make people feel like they're transactions.

And so, you know, that's the education that I had.

And so, you know, that's the education that I had.

And so I was a really hard worker, and I really held myself to a high standard.

And so I was a really hard worker, and I really held myself to a high standard.

So, for instance,

So, for instance,