Annie Duke

Author of Thinking in Bets (2018) and Quit: The Power of Knowing When to Walk Away (2022). Special Partner at First Round Capital, where she has spent five years building structured decision rubrics and feedback systems for the partnership’s investment process. Former professional poker player with over $4 million in tournament winnings; winner of a World Series of Poker Bracelet; the only woman to have won both the World Series of Poker Tournament of Champions and the National Poker Heads-Up Championship. Co-founder of the Alliance for Decision Education, a non-profit working to embed decision-making skills in K–12 education. Teaches a decision-making course on Maven. Runs the Thinking in Bets Substack. Based in the United States; mother of four.

Episodes

• Annie Duke on Better Decisions, Kill Criteria, and When to Quit — Lenny’s Podcast