Jean @chasingrclouds

marketing & social media @wintermute_t & @wmt_ventures || views are my own Singapore Joined May 2021

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Wintermute @wintermute_t

a week ago

Applications are open for R[3]sidency × Construct A 12-week accelerator for founders building the machine economy: crypto, fintech, AI, robotics, and quantum Backed by @fabric_vc and Wintermute With @solana as ecosystem partner and continued support from @coinbase

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Jean @chasingrclouds

3 weeks ago

@AlsieLC @claudeai noooo scorpio men are manipulative 😭

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Wintermute @wintermute_t

3 weeks ago

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Jean @chasingrclouds

a month ago

@emilylai @kaledora @Ostium congrats emily!

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Wintermute @wintermute_t

a month ago

This is our 9th year in crypto Nine years providing liquidity and staying active through every market condition Today we're launching Armitage Our take on vault curation, starting with two USDC vaults on @Morpho

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a month ago

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Lulu Cheng Meservey @lulumeservey

a month ago

Not everyone is as naturally charismatic as a Palmer or a Jensen, but anyone can develop their own brand of aura (or auctoritas), set a vision, and recruit a loyal band of true believers to go make it happen This is what it takes to build a cult

Ti Morse @ti_morse

a month ago

My first interview with @lulumeservey, Founder of Rostra. 0:07 How to Destroy a Terrorist Group 3:01 What Makes a Great Cult Leader 4:42 Unleashing Palmer Luckey 7:34 Why Elon Is Unpredictable 10:41 Demanding a Hardcore Culture After the X Acquisition 13:41 How Napoleon Rallied

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2 months ago

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Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan

2 months ago

My biggest takeaways from @rabois: 1. The team you build is the company you build. Founders get distracted by markets, customers, and technology. If you have the right people, those problems get easier. If you have the wrong people, none of those things save you. 2. Build your company on undiscovered talent. The only way to scale an organization against incumbents with infinite budgets is to find talent that large companies’ hiring machines will misprocess. In practice, this often means skewing younger—not because young people are inherently better but because they have fewer data points, which means typical evaluation systems can’t categorize them accurately. This is where the alpha often is. 3. Hire more “barrels,” not “ammunition.” A “barrel” is someone who can take an idea from zero to outcome without hand-holding. Most companies have only a handful of these people. Hiring more people without expanding the number of barrels doesn’t increase output; it increases coordination tax and creates drag. The ratio of barrels to ammunition is what determines the number of important things a company can pursue simultaneously. 4. CMOs are becoming the #1 consumer of AI tokens. At a few of Keith’s top portfolio companies, the heaviest user of AI is the chief marketing officer. These CMOs are running analytics, shipping campaigns, and generating insights that previously required entire teams of deputies. 5. The three signs a company will win: operating tempo, internal talent development, and “the relentless application of force” from the top. Keith identifies a consistent pattern across his best portfolio companies. First, operating tempo: Ramp shipped physical cards in three months when the industry standard was 9 to 12. Second, talent development through internal promotion rather than senior external hires; the CMO at one of his top companies was the previous chief of staff. Third, the CEO’s willingness to push harder as things improve, not less. Mike Moritz told a friend of Keith’s that the most common trait of the best CEOs is “the relentless application of force.” Complacency is the natural by-product of success, and the CEO’s job is to offset it. 6. For consumer products, talking to customers is not just unhelpful; it’s actively harmful. Keith refuses to let companies he advises conduct consumer research. His argument: Consumer decisions are subconscious. Ask any Porsche owner why they bought the car, and 99% will cite every reason except the real one. Once misleading customer feedback enters the organization, it locks into people’s brains and distorts every subsequent decision. 7. Keith believes the PM role may not survive the AI era. Taking customer inputs, building a sequential year-long roadmap, and coordinating between teams are structurally incoherent when AI capabilities change weekly. The skill that matters now across all three roles—PM, designer, engineer—is business acumen: understanding the company’s equation and knowing what to build next. 8. Great hiring comes from great referencing. Run at least 20 references, and keep going until you hit negative feedback. Ask specific, forward-looking questions (e.g. “Would you start a company with them?”). If every reference is positive, you haven’t gone deep enough. 9. Use a 30-day feedback loop to sharpen your hiring instinct. Thirty days after every hire, ask: would I hire this person again? This is as predictive as waiting years, and dramatically faster for improving your judgment. Make this a habit, and your hiring quality will compound. 10. Criticize in public, not private—it optimizes for the system. Keith endorses a management practice that most people find confrontational: delivering negative feedback in front of the team, not behind closed doors. Private criticism optimizes for the individual, but the rest of the company doesn’t know the issue is being addressed, which breeds anxiety and suspicion. Public criticism lets colleagues see that leadership is aware, creates opportunities for others to volunteer help, and turns feedback into a team-building exercise. Full conversation: youtube.com/watch?v=xCd9yk…

Lenny Rachitsky @lennysan

2 months ago

"High performance machines don't have psychological safety. They're about winning." Keith Rabois (@rabois) was COO of Square, part of the PayPal Mafia, an early investor in Stripe, Palantir, Airbnb, DoorDash, and Ramp, and a 2x founder. He's spent 25 years obsessing over how to

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Jean @chasingrclouds

2 months ago

@domcooke So who owns the Dior blanket? 😄

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Jean @chasingrclouds

3 months ago

@lucainweb3 @animocabrands Congrats Luca!

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Jean @chasingrclouds

3 months ago

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3 months ago

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Jean @chasingrclouds

4 months ago

@renyukong @tryfomo majulah singapura

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Wintermute Intern @crypto_wintern

4 months ago

hack to appear in the next season of singles inferno: 1. join our trader assessment day 2. become a trader at wintermute you're welcome

Wintermute @wintermute_t

4 months ago

The best way to see if you're cut out for trading? Challenge yourself at our Trader Assessment Day March 6 in London: solve real problems, compete on quant challenges, meet Wintermute traders Top performers move to final interview For 2026 graduates Apply by Feb 15

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Jean @chasingrclouds

5 months ago

@binji_x @offstage_x very inspired by and very excited for this! ✨

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Wintermute Ventures @wmt_ventures

5 months ago

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Wintermute @wintermute_t

5 months ago

Liquidity came into crypto in 2025, but where did it go? Using Wintermute’s proprietary OTC flow, our Digital asset OTC markets 2025 report shows where capital actually went and why market structure fundamentally changed Read on for our key findings ↓

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Wintermute Ventures @wmt_ventures

5 months ago

Wintermute Ventures 2025 dealflow review What does a global venture team’s deal funnel look like? We tracked nearly every deal that crossed our desk in 2025 and pulled together a snapshot of opportunities we reviewed. In the spirit of transparency, here's a sneak peek ↓