In this episode of BragTalks, Ellen Leikind shares how she successfully transitioned from corporate life to entrepreneurship using poker strategy to launch her business, Poker Diva.  This episode is hosted by Heather VanCura, who is a fellow Chief member with Ellen. Season 2 is all about transitions and pivots. A senior marketing executive who launched over a billion dollars in health and beauty products, Ellen was intrigued when poker began to rival golf as a form of corporate networking and she saw the strong parallels among the strategies of poker, business, negotiation and life itself. You can connect with Ellen on LinkedIn or on her website.

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Bio: Ellen Leikind is an entrepreneur, corporate innovator, published author, and creator of PokerDivas and The B.O.L.D. System Negotiation program. Her mission: to show how the strategies of poker can be applied to winning in business and life. In 2006, Ellen founded PokerDivas, a company that provides live and virtual corporate team building, leadership and diversity programs that empower women to become fearless and decisive at the conference table through the skills they acquire at the poker table even if they have never played the game before. Ellen is the author of "POKERWOMAN: How to Win at Love, Life, and Business using the Principles of Poker". She has written on gender issues in business for Parade.com and has been featured on CNBC, Forbes,com, Newsday, and Success magazine. Ms. Leikind has worked at several Fortune 500 companies including Pfizer and L’Oreal; and was an Executive Consultant for the Direct Response infomercial industry. She has an MBA in marketing from Fordham University, a certificate from Cornell University in Diversity and Inclusion, is a native New Yorker and avid dog lover. Ellen’s latest entrepreneurial endeavor is the introduction of The B.O.L.D. System- a blueprint on how to negotiate for yourself and WIN using the principles of poker.