Investor Jarrod Dicker on how “the emergence of NFTs has brought provable digital ownership to the internet. This evolution can’t be overstated.”

And Why He Abandoned a Career in Web Ads for Leading Crypto Investing at The Chernin Group

Even before my Jarrod Dicker starting tweeting in his “web2 vs web3” style, I gave him shit about his thought leadership which seemed to be 80% “that’s smart” and 20% “what did you just smoke because I have no idea what this means?” Sometimes I’d just DM him the latter with “20” written alongside. But outside of this social media sparring, is a foundational friendship where I hold him in high admiration, not just professionally but as a human. He’s an expressive, passionate, principled person who cares deeply about his family and his community. So I used this Five Questions to get a bit more on his own background and push on web3 developments now that he’s slinging million dollar investment checks as part of The Chernin Group. Thanks JD for always being a good sport!

Hunter Walk: So you recently moved over to the investing side leading Crypto at The Chernin Group, but before we dive into your annoying web3 tweeting habits, let’s go backwards a bit. You did a lot of work in online advertising but also seem to really care about people and user experience. Reconcile that for me!

Jarrod Dicker: I started my career as a music journalist and the plan was to do that forever. I…