In this episode of Giant Ideas, Cameron sits down with the co‑founder of Robinhood to talk about where it all began, and what founders today can learn.

They discuss:

- The origin story & friendship of the co-founders of Robinhood: Growing up as children of immigrant and meeting at Stanford

- 75 VC rejections: Why investors said young people would never invest, and what those VCs fundamentally missed

- Founder mindset: Changing your mind as a superpower, “gradient descent” as a way to iterate on ideas, and why early-stage investing is really about the people.

- Finding product‑market fit & the viral launch

- Democratising finance: from Occupy Wall Street to a cultural shift where knowing your money is “cool"

- Surviving the GameStop crisis: the most challenging chapter at Robinhood and what grit, tenacity, and “buying another day” really looked like.

Plus, his 3 personal highlights of his life so far - from his childhood to the IPO bell...

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Music credits: Bubble King written and produced by Cameron McLain and Stevan Cablayan aka Vector_XING.

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