Podcasts Technology POD OF JAKE #104 - HASEEB QURESHI

#104 - HASEEB QURESHI

Published: May 18, 2022, 2:01 p.m.

Haseeb is a managing partner at Dragonfly Capital, a cross-border crypto venture fund. He is also a programmer, writer, teacher, and effective altruist. Haseeb previously worked as a software engineer at Airbnb and as Director of Product at App Academy. Before that, he was a mental coach and wrote a book called The Philosophy of Poker. Haseeb was once considered to be among the top 10 strongest No-limit Heads-up Texas Hold\u2019em players in the world, and was sponsored by Full Tilt Poker. Follow him on Twitter @hosseeb.

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[2:18] -  How Haseeb\u2019s background prepared him for success in the crypto space

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[9:08] - Lessons from life as a poker player

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[19:32] - Parallels from poker to crypto and life in general

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[26:35] - Haseeb\u2019s focus on effective altruism and his reasoning for giving away almost all of his money to start over

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[34:35] - Dragonfly Capital\u2019s global focus

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[39:30] - Haseeb\u2019s thoughts on decentralization

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