Poker princess parlays life story into key business lessons

Molly Bloom bottomed out — in business and in life. Now she offers sound advice for entrepreneurs: Kindness matters. So to does a moral code.

  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 21, 2019
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Lori Sax. Author, speaker and entrepreneur Molly Bloom spoke at an event in Sarasota June 12.
Lori Sax. Author, speaker and entrepreneur Molly Bloom spoke at an event in Sarasota June 12.
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Molly Bloom’s life story — at only 41 — has already been through a Colorado-sized mountain of ups and downs.

For a time, she was the tabloid-press anointed Poker Princess. The Loveland, Colo. native and onetime competitive skier ran underground poker games on both coasts in her 20s, where A-list celebrities like Alex Rodriguez, Matt Damon and Leonardo DiCaprio were players.  

 

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