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How Robinhood App Crashed on the best day in Wall Street history | Sidebean

July 28, 2026·15 min
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How Robinhood App Crashed on the best day in Wall Street history ► Get your math for finances right with a Brilliant course! Go to https://brilliant.org/slidebean and sign up for free. And also, the first 200 people that go to that link will get 20% off the annual Premium subscription. Historically, the stock market seemed impossible to get into, especially if you were a younger, inexperienced investor. But, in 2013, an app came to make trading more accessible. Robinhood App had arrived. Its recipe became a magnet for rookie investors, with hundreds of thousands flocking to use it. Some called the software disrupting, while others called it democratizing. One thing was clear: Robinhood shook the trading world. But recent times have not been kind. Tragedies, outages, and a chaotic financial world have put the company to the test. Let's talk about Robinhood, in this episode of Company Forensics. #robinhood #startups #Slidebean 0:00 - Intro 1:00 - Robinhood: The origins 2:42 - Robinhood: Establishment and Growth 3:32 - Robinhood: Shaking Tradition and Intriguing Questions 5:52 - Robinhood: Rocky Roads 9:14 - Robinhood: Recent Developments --- Read the article: https://slidebean.com/blog/startups-robinhood?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=content&utm_campaign=ba-content Follow Caya: https://twitter.com/cayahere and https://instagram.com/caya_here - Let us improve your pitch deck ► https://slidebean.com/pitch-deck-design?utm_source=youtube.com&utm_medium=video&utm_campai gn=video-content - Get the Slidebean Agency team to design your slides ► https://slidebean.com/agency - Join our Discord ► https://slidebean.com/youtube#discord - Book office hours with Caya ► https://slidebean.com/caya Turn on notifications for the podcast & rate it a 5-star for new episodes. Sidebean makes documentaries about startups, tech, and their impact on society. It is a venture-backed company that helps other startups navigate the complicated road to success. They love to cover stories around business, startups, and tech, trying both to teach and entertain. Subscribe to Sidebean on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@slidebean/ Disclaimer: This podcast is an independently produced audio adaptation of content originally shared by Sidebean. It was created by a fan who appreciates Sidebean’s thoughtful storytelling and wanted to make these ideas more accessible for audio-focused listeners. This is not an official production of Sidebean, nor is it affiliated with or endorsed by the channel. All rights to the original video content belong to Sidebean. If you are a representative of Sidebean and have any questions or requests, please feel free to reach out. - -------------- -------------- Keywords: business strategy, startup podcast, tech documentary, tech entrepreneurship Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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