My nightmare of company culture is an organization where people operate based on what they think their boss thinks is right. It’s what I call a “pleaser-culture.” Critical thinking, and with it, first-principles thinking is one of the core pillars of innovation. An organization that trains its people to simply…

We’re adding new members to our Board as Public.com enters the next stage of growth. Over the past year, Public.com’s community has grown more than 700% and the Public team has tripled at the same time. …

Today, we’re announcing two new additions to our leadership team at Public.com. Our community is growing rapidly — 13x in the past year — and their expertise will be invaluable in realizing our mission of changing the culture of the stock market. Sruthi Lanka, CFO As CFO, Sruthi will oversee finance, data, and…

Fifteen months ago, we launched Public.com to reinvent how people experience and invest in the stock market. We pioneered real-time fractional investing, as well as a true social network built upon a stock brokerage. …

And you can follow him in the app @profgalloway. Today, we’re excited to share that NYU Stern business professor and entrepreneur Scott Galloway is backing Public.com with a strategic seven-figure investment. In addition to investing in the company, Scott is now on the app and will be sharing his insights…

K-factor is the metric for the growth rate of a product or business. A lot of people are chasing it, and chances are you are, too, if you’re reading this. But, keep in mind, K-factor without retention is worthless. Worry about your retention before you worry about K-factor. …

In recent months, a surge of new and young investors have entered the market through modern investing platforms. This boom sparked a conversation about the degree to which novice investors should have access to the stock market. Should investing really be that easy? …

Over the past few days, we’ve been closely monitoring what’s happening with Hertz. On Friday, the company was approved to sell up to $1 billion of stock, despite filing for bankruptcy on May 22. …

This letter is authored by Public.com’s co-CEOs. As human beings, each of us occupies different roles in our daily lives, many simultaneously. We’re founders, employees, mothers, fathers, daughters, friends, activists, and generally, people who have opinions about the type of world we want to live in. What we and millions…