MOLLY BLOOM

Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of Molly’s Game.

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Keynote Speaker Category: Creativity, Entrepreneur, Female Speakers, Motivational, Resilience, Storytelling,

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BET ON YOURSELF AND YOU’LL ALWAYS WIN: OVERCOMING SETBACKS

How do you come back from a failure? After the FBI arrested Molly Bloom and confiscated all her earnings from her poker business, she could have given up. Instead, she used the same lessons she learned from her father that led her to come back from back surgery to be ranked No. 3 in North America in moguls, to overcome this setback. She wrote the bestselling memoir, Molly’s Game, convinced Aaron Sorkin to write the screenplay, and the film earned an Oscar nomination for Best Screenplay. In this inspiring talk, Bloom will share true stories and life lessons showing that when you bet on yourself in business, you can always win.

THE MYTHOLOGY OF MOLLY’S GAME: STORYTELLING TO BUILD AND GROW YOUR BRAND

In business, story is one of the most powerful tools you can use to sell your product, your brand, and yourself. For poker entrepreneur Molly Bloom, her product, brand, and person were one and the same: Molly’s Game. The stories she used to sell and market her poker business helped turn an underground poker game into a multimillion-dollar enterprise. In this funny and enlightening talk, Molly shares the insider secrets that helped her create the most popular poker game in L.A. and New York.

Molly Bloom Fireside Chat at Context Summits Miami 2020

BIOGRAPHY

Molly Bloom is an inspirational keynote speaker, entrepreneur, and bestselling author of Molly’s Game. She is best known for her memoir, Molly’s Game, which was adapted into an award-winning film of the same name by Aaron Sorkin. Bloom’s memoir chronicles her journey from college student to LA waitress to building and operating the largest and most notorious private poker game in the world. Her games featured hundreds of millions of dollars and players like Leonardo DiCaprio, Tobey Maguire, A-Rod, and Ben Affleck.

Bloom began her career as a world-class skier. While training as a pre-teen she was diagnosed with severe scoliosis and had to undergo surgery that the doctors said would end her athletic career. A year later, fully recovered, she was back on the slopes. She later joined the U.S. Ski Team and at 21 years old was ranked No. 3 in North America in moguls, but her Olympic dreams would go unrealized as she left the team to pursue other projects. This led her to what she thought would be a year sabbatical in LA.

Bloom was finishing her degree in Political Science from the University of Colorado – Boulder, and was in the process of applying to top tier Law Schools, when her assistant job turned her into an accidental entrepreneur, running one of  the most exclusive, high-stakes underground poker games in the world, pulling in as much as $4 million per year. What happened next is where her story truly begins.

The film Molly’s Game, 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 numerous shows and in media outlets such as EllenVice, The Los Angeles Times, NPR, Vulture, and has been asked to speak at Fortune’s Most Powerful Women, for companies like Blackrock Financial, SiriusXM Radio, and delivered the 2018 commencement speech at Colorado State University.

Molly is awesome! Period. I have heard many private speakers and she set the bar very high for future events. Our event exceeded expectations on every level. The only negative: no one wanted to leave. Every single attendee, without exception, called or emailed me the next day with sincere and genuine praise for Molly. Her insights from how to deal with adversity to optimizing risk management blew everyone away.

Ron SantellaCEO, Teramo Advisors

Molly’s story of success, despair, and re-invention is equal parts insightful and captivating. Her journey is incredible on its own, but watching Molly deliver it with such power and authenticity transformed a large, chatty audience into a room of utter silence. Molly Bloom shattered our expectations and we highly recommend her as a speaking resource.

Blackstone Entrepreneurial Newtwork

In my 15 years here, she’s one of the best speakers we’ve ever had. Her authenticity and connection made all the difference.

Kevin AronsonPharmaceutical Company

Molly is a natural. Her charisma and genuine self are an amazing combination. I have listened to a LOT of speakers and hands down, your talk, energy, enthusiasm and the message was the best I have ever seen

Pharmaceutical Company

As an event producer I have to say Molly was a dream to work with, professional, client friendly and lovely. Her presentation to our audience of over 3000 people was first class, it was engaging, moving, funny and inspirational. I look forward to working with her again.

Bruce CarterExecutive Producer, Upstage Engages

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