{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Luba Show","title":"$4B Crypto Fund, Manhood, Discipline, VC: Haseeb Qureshi","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":8625,"description":"Today I'm talking to Haseeb Qureshi, Managing Partner of Dragonfly Capital. Dragonfly just closed a 650M fund 4 with over 4B raised in total. \nHaseeb is a former professional poker player, self-taught engineer, Airbnb alum, and one of the most respected voices in crypto investing.\nWe talk about manhood, meaning, and what it takes to build a life worth living. Haseeb opens up about his unlikely path — from poker tables to Silicon Valley, from viral salary blog posts to leading one of the most competitive funds in crypto — and what it's actually taken to prove himself at each step.\nTopics covered\n- How a viral salary blog post made Haseeb the most controversial new hire at Airbnb\n- The genealogy of his love for teaching — and why it starts with his mother\n- Why he thinks VC is \"kind of cringe\" — and how Dragonfly is different\n- From poker to code to crypto: how he chose his path using first principles\n- What makes a great co-founder partnership (and how to stress-test one)\n- Masculinity, strength, and responsibility in a feminized society\n- Greatness vs. excellence: why he stopped caring about legacy\nSO much more!\nTimestamps\n(00:00) Intro\n(01:14) How We Met at Airbnb\n(03:00) The Viral Salary Blog Post\n(06:38) Imposter Syndrome and Proving Yourself\n(09:14) The Airbnb Culture Mismatch\n(17:41) Running Dragonfly Like a Championship Team\n(22:00) The Instinct to Teach\n(26:40) Learning by Teaching: How to Master Any Domain\n(37:40) From Poker Player to Engineer to Crypto Investor\n(41:13) Why He Chose Crypto Over AI\n(43:47) Marc Andreessen and the Danger of Role Models\n(48:20) Joining Metastable and Founding Dragonfly\n(55:00) Why VC is Cringe (But Dragonfly Isn't)\n(58:00) How to Stress-Test Co-Founder Trust\n(01:11:55) The Search for Meaning in His 20s\n(01:15:00) Greatness vs. Excellence vs. Flourishing\n(01:18:00) Legacy — and Why He No Longer Cares\n(01:22:00) Personal Writing and the Need to Be Witnessed\n(01:32:45) Masculinity, Strength, and Responsibility\n(01:41:50)...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/I2NZEo1VpOK6gNlq1ogpu-hfbOWZMEOuC4oDFfuUFGk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zODI0/ZWE4OTEyOGMzODcw/OGI2ODY5ZWY0YTIz/YzQzMi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}