About

Haseeb Qureshi is a former professional poker player turned tech entrepreneur and investor. He is currently an investor at Dragonfly Capital, where he writes, invests, codes, and drives himself mad. He is also an instructor at nakamoto, where he created "Introduction to Cryptocurrencies," a free online course teaching the basics of cryptocurrencies. Haseeb's journey started at the age of 16 when he began playing online poker with $50. A year later, he had turned it into over $100,000. By the age of 19, he had become one of the strongest heads-up no-limit Hold'em players in the world, a sponsored poker pro, and a self-made millionaire. However, he quickly learned that money does not produce happiness, and at the age of 21, he permanently retired from poker. At 23, Haseeb wrote a best-selling poker book about the philosophy of poker. He then gave away all of the money he had saved up as a poker player, about half a million dollars, and started over with $10K. At 25, he decided to earn-to-give and pursue a lucrative career so he could donate more to charity. He moved to San Francisco and joined a top 12-week coding bootcamp, where he was eventually asked to be Director of Product. After working as a software engineer at Airbnb, Haseeb left to pursue the blockchain. He is now an investor at Dragonfly Capital, where he focuses on investing in the future of money. He has 16.94 years of relevant experience in blockchain, product management, software engineering, and senior software engineering. Haseeb is not all work though! He eats a paleo diet, drinks nothing but water, adores stand-up comedy, trains Crossfit, has given up on meditating every day (you should try it!), and only belongs to clubs that would have someone like him for a member.