Zikafika pa kusiyana kwa malipiro a jenda, sitimayi imatsatiridwa ndi amayi, omwe amapanga masenti 80 pa dola iliyonse yopangidwa ndi abambo.
Koma ena akutenga dzanja lomwe athandizidwa ndikulisintha kukhala chipambano mosasamala kanthu za zovuta. Poker Power, kampani yokhazikitsidwa ndi amayi, ikufuna kupatsa mphamvu amayi molimba mtima komanso luso loyika pachiwopsezo powaphunzitsasewera poker.
“Zimene ndaphunzira kwa zaka zoposa 25 ndikuchita bizinesi ndi chinthu chachikulu pakati pa kumene akazi ali masiku ano ndi kumene akufuna kukakhala kumafuna kuika moyo pachiswe. Makamaka kuyika ndalama pachiwopsezo, "Jenny Just, woyambitsa Poker Power, adatero pamsonkhano wazamalonda wa azimayi mu Novembala.
Lingaliro la kampaniyo lidabwera chakumapeto kwa chaka cha 2019, Adangoti, pomwe iye ndi mwamuna wake amayesa kuphunzitsa mwana wawo wamkazi kuti aziwerenga mdani wake pabwalo la tennis. Iwo ankavutika kuti amuphunzitse kuganizira mdani wake, osati masewera chabe, ndipo kuganiza kuti kuphunzira poker kungathandize. Kuyesera, Ingosonkhanitsani gulu la amayi ndi atsikana 10 pamaphunziro angapo.
“Kuyambira pa phunziro loyamba mpaka lachinayi, panali kusintha kwenikweni. Atsikana apachiyambi ankanong’onezana, akumakambirana ndi anzawo zimene ayenera kuchita. Ngati wina wataya tchipisi tawo, amati, 'O, ukhoza kukhala ndi tchipisi tanga,'” anangokumbukira. “Pofika paphunziro lachinayi, atsikanawo anali atakhala mowongoka. Palibe amene akanati ayang'ane makadi awo, ndipo ndithudi palibe amene ankagwira tchipisi tawo. Chidaliro m’chipindacho chinali chowonekera.”
Chifukwa chake adasandutsa vumbulutsolo kukhala kampani yomwe ikufuna kupatsa mphamvu azimayi ndi atsikana miliyoni imodzi "kuti apambane, ndikuchoka patebulo."
"Gome la poker linali ngati tebulo lililonse la ndalama lomwe ndidakhalapo," adatero. “Unali mwayi wophunzira luso. Maluso monga kugawa ndalama, kutenga zoopsa, ndi kuphunzira njira zopangira. ”
Erin Lydon, yemwe adangolemba kuti akhale purezidenti wa Poker Power, adauza Business Insider kuti poyamba ankaganiza kuti lingalirolo linali lopenga, ngati silinali lopusa.
"Ndinatero chifukwa ndidazunguliridwa ndi poker. Pa Wall Street, nthawi zonse pamakhala masewera. Nthawi zonse amakhala gulu la abale, "Lydon adauza BI. “Sindinkaona ngati ndingathyole, komanso sindinkafuna. Sizinali ngati malo amene ndingakhalemo.”
Lydon atawona njira yomwe idasewera masewerawa - komanso momwe imakhudzira azimayi kuntchito - adalowamo. Adakhazikitsa Poker Power kumayambiriro kwa mliri wa COVID-19 mu 2020. Adatsamira pa omwe amalumikizana nawo muzachuma, ndipo tsopano. ndalama zawo zazikulu zimachokera ku B2B yogwira ntchito ndi mabungwe azachuma, malamulo, ndiukadaulo.
"Ndinalankhula ndi ma CEO ambiri a mabanki ambiri omwe ankasewera poker. sindikuchita nthabwala; zinganditengere masekondi 30 kuti agwedeze mutu ndi kunena kuti, 'Izi ndizabwino kwambiri,'” adatero Lydon.
Ngakhale zaka zochepa chabe, Poker Power ili kale m'mayiko 40 ndipo yagwira ntchito ndi makampani 230, kuphatikizapo Comcast, Morgan Stanley, ndi Morningstar.
Ophunzira a Poker Power amapikisana pama boardboard ndikusewera kuti azidzitama. Wina akapambana masewera ndikutolera tchipisi, azimayi ena omwe ali patebulo amakondwerera ndikuthandizira wopambana, adatero Lydon.
"Simudzawona izi ku Vegas. Simungawone zimenezo pamasewera apanyumba ndi gulu la anyamata. Mukuwona patebulo lathu, "adatero Lydon. “Sikuti ndimasamala ngati mutalowa m’kasino. Ine kwenikweni sinditero. Si cholinga. Cholinga chake ndi: Kodi tingasinthe momwe mumaganizira ndikukonzekera njira ndikukambirana ngati wopambanawosewera poker?"
Amatsindika, komabe, kuti akadali mpikisano.
"Tikufuna kuti amayi azimva ngati pali china chake chomwe chili pachiwopsezo, ndipo ayenera kupanga chisankho. Akhoza kupambana. Akhoza kutaya. Aphunzira kuchokera ku zomwe zidachitikazi, "adatero Lydon. "Ndipo azichita mobwerezabwereza, motero zimayamba kukhala wovuta kutenga zoopsazi - patebulo la poker, kupempha kuti akwezedwe, kupempha kukwezedwa, kupangitsa mwamuna wanu kuchotsa zinyalala."
Anthu atha kulembetsa makalasi anayi amphindi 60 $50 - mtengo womwe Lydon adati ndiwotsika mwadala kuti izi zitheke kwa onse. Amalipira ndalama zambiri kumabungwe, zomwe zimawalola kubweretsa masewerawa ku mayunivesite ndi masukulu apamwamba padziko lonse lapansi. Poker Power yaphunzitsa magulu angapo asukulu yasekondale ku Kenya.
"Pali chithunzi ichi cha atsikana atakhala pa tebulo la poker, ndipo akuwoneka onyada. Pambuyo pawo pali akulu onse a m'mudzi, ndipo ndi mphamvu izi. Ndikusintha kwamphamvu komwe mukuwona pachithunzichi mukazindikira zomwe atsikanawa achita," adatero Lydon. "Ndipo poker ndi gawo la izo."
Nthawi yotumiza: Dec-20-2023