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Three Friends Gambled Their Way to $7.2 Million in Funds
How David Daneshgar and his friends kick-started off their startup, BloomNation
Gregg: “David, there’s a tournament going on at Commerce Casino in downtown LA, you should go.”
David shoots for it. Gregg and Farbod come along with him.
While David is betting and raising on one poker table, Gregg and Farbod are designing and wireframing their site on the side table.
They have got no fundings now.
It’s 15 hours and 100 participants now reduced to two.
David is still there. It’s a heads-up, one-on-one with another opponent.
It’s 24 hours in. On their last call, they go all-in and show their card and David’s opponent starts celebrating by raising and moving his sweaty arms (that show how nervous he was.) David’s friends feel rejected.
They are almost going to punch David hard on his face.
Gregg asks out: “Hey, what happened? We need this money. What happened?”
David walks up to Gregg with a frown face: “It’s flower time.”
