\u201cIf Robinhood exists to democratize markets, Commonstock exists to democratize information.\u201d\n\nRyan Zauk sits down with Commonstock Founder & CEO David Mcdonough to learn how Commonstock is creating a community that amplifies insights from top investors, backed by the performance and portfolio of their linked brokerage accounts.\n\nCommunity members can link their existing brokerage accounts and share their real-time portfolio, performance, and trades (by percent only - $ amount is never shared), while sharing detailed investment theses, industry takedowns, and more.\n\nThe idea has attracted investors such as Social Capital, Floodgate, and WFT favorite Frank Rotman of QED. The community has exploded over the past year, with professional investors writing highly detailed memos and users heavily engaged.\n\nThey discuss:\n- His authentic journey to founding Commonstock and why he was the 'Rudy of Private Equity'\n- The amazing Commonstock community, its network effects, and growth\n- The Robinhood and Gamestop fiasco and how learning Robinhood\u2019s business was like seeing the green binary codes in the matrix\n- Plus a rapid-fire round with some of his amazing stock successes (and some misses caused by paper hands)\n\nCheck out Commonstock here: https://beta.commonstock.com/login\n\nFor more FinTech insights, follow us below:\n\nMedium: medium.com/wharton-fintech\n\nWFT Twitter: twitter.com/whartonfintech\n\nRyan's Twitter: twitter.com/RyanZauk\n\nLinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/wharton-fintech-club/