LaunchBoom

Masters of Crowdfunding

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Masters of Crowdfunding explores how to launch products, get customers, and build businesses through crowdfunding. Your hosts are Mark Pecota and Kevin Liang from LaunchBoom, where they’ve helped creators raise over $175 million through Kickstarter & Indiegogo. Now, they are sharing the lessons they’ve learned with you so you can finally bring your product idea to life.

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Latest episode

Apr 21, 2026

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Episodes

How This Father And Son Started A 7-Figure Business 21.04.2026

In this episode, we meet Robert and Yervant Wei from Pairon Tools. The father and son duo share what inspired Yervant when he was just 13 years old, the process of bringing the LiftMate Glide200 to life and success of the marketing strategy rooted in providing a practical solution to a cross-industry problem.  Links: Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/4yum3wfn  LiftMate Glide200: https://pairontool...

How A Christmas Themed Game Became An All Seasons Success 14.04.2026

In this episode we meet Will and Anthony from Wonky Penguin Games to talk about the inspiration behind their festive card game Wicked Christmas, the lessons they learned during their first crowdfunding campaign, and the challenges of picking the right time to crowdfund a holiday themed game. Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/3vn5nw6c Wicked Christmas: https://wonkypenguingames.com/products/w...

The Viral Ad Strategy Behind This Card Game’s Success 01.04.2026

In this episode we catch up with Logan Fitz of Glasshouse Games to discover how a pandemic era idea grew into a successful card game. We go behind the scenes of Whisker Wars’ humor and relatability-driven pre-launch strategy and the marketing campaign that raised over $150K on Kickstarter. Links: Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/mrxke3nc Whisker Wars: https://www.glasshousegames.co/whisker-wars

The Marketing Strategy That Raised Over $100K For Frog Conservation 24.03.2026

In this episode we’ll discover how The Frog Fortress: The Ultimate Habitat for Frogs is changing the game for amphibian enthusiasts and nature lovers alike and how they leveraged crowdfunding to bring their project to lifeLinks:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/2zw9upw9Frog Fortress: https://www.froggyforts.com/

Tech Career to $271,580 in Board Game Presales 10.03.2026

Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: ⁠ https://hubs.ly/Q03GjTdx0⁠ In this episode we’ll discover how Emily had been working in tech for 20 years to building a successful game publishing company in just 1 year, with her first launch raising $271K Work with us:  https://tinyurl.com/4zj6ckf9Pink Hawk Games: ⁠https://www.pinkhawkgames.com/

How We Made $1M In Presales (in less than 30 days) 24.02.2026

Episode 60: Masters of Crowdfunding—In this episode we’ll discover how how this innovative golf trolley combines cutting-edge technology and design to give players a hands-free, smarter experience on the golf course and how they used crowdfunding to bring their businesses to life. Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/muedu7rfiXi: https://www.ixi.golf/

Getting $200k+ in Product Presales: The Exact Strategy Ep.59 23.02.2026

In this episode we’ll discover why this magnetic belt is turning heads and securing waists around the world and how they leveraged this crowdfunding strategy to raise over $200k for presales. Links:Work with us:https://tinyurl.com/2becdyz8iXi: https://distilunion.com/

This Pillow Made $80K in Presales... and it WASN'T Made For Sleep Ep.58 05.01.2026

In this episode, Whit Hansen shares his journey in crafting the drop pillow including finding his right audience, manufacturing from a remote place, and marketing strategies. Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/5cxhb3smWhit’s Website:https://www.facebook.com/thedroppillow/

The Strange Inspiration Behind a $254,561 Sleep Headphone Breakout Success 11.12.2025

Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: https://hubs.ly/Q03GjTdx0—Episode 56: Masters of Crowdfunding—In this episode, Keith Phillips shares with us the inspiration behind his $254K campaign, SomniBuds, and how pivoted his target audience through early testing. Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/yzbnue7nKeith's Website:https://somnibuds.com/—Check out our other channels:‪‪@...

He Made $488,623 Because of His Dog's Anxiety Ep. 55 10.12.2025

In this episode, Andrew Singer and Jake Mueller tell us the story of how Andrew's dog's anxiety turned into a viral social media content which led them to a $400K+ Kickstarter. Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/29cyvy6aAndrew & Jake's Website: https://seatmate.shop/

How this Camping Product did $300K in Pre-sales in 3 Weeks Ep. 54 10.12.2025

In this episode, Dana Mosman shares with us the marketing strategy behind his $300K campaign and how he validated his product before ever launching on KickstarterLinks:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/ye24s9wk Dana's Campaign: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/...

How Ark Smart Planter Raised $196,482 on Kickstarter Ep.53 02.12.2025

In this episode, Adam Ostroff shares with us the marketing strategy behind his $195,482 Kickstarter campaign and how he utilized add ons to increase his average oder value. Links: Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/29cyvy6a Adam's Website: https://arkdesigns.io/ark-smart-planter

2 Years, 4 Games, and $3M+ on Kickstarter: How Dusty & Amy Droz Created their Business Engine (Ep. 51) 20.11.2025

In this episode, Dusty and Amy tell us how they turned one successful Kickstarter launch into a successful business engine in just two years. Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/39rm8cf8Dusty & Amy's website: https://duxsomnium.com/

From Corporate America to Successful Kickstarter (Ep. 50) 19.11.2025

In this episode, Melissa Moran shares how she went from successful corporate career to fully funded on Kickstarter to transitioning into an ecommerce business. —Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/ndwbvytvMelissa's Website: https://www.swinglytoys.com/

How This 25-Year Old Built His Business With Kickstarter (Ep. 49) 13.11.2025

Landon McCoy shares how an idea he had when he was just 19 turned into hundreds of thousands of dollars made on Kickstarter. This is the story of Chaos Audio and Nimbus Smart Amp. Links: Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/2hz8aa92 Landon's Website: https://chaosaudio.com/

How Miguel's Pandemic Hobby Turned into a $189,606 Kickstarter Launch (Ep. 48) 06.11.2025

After picking up tennis during the pandemic, Miguel quickly realized the inefficiencies of current ball hoppers on the market and worked to design a better solution. Work with us: https://hub.launchboom.com/audiobook Miguel's Website: https://nkort.com/

How Piper Relaunched a Failed Kickstarter & Raised 16x More (Ep. 47) 02.09.2025

In this episode, Jeremy Vo & Layla Wei, share how they turned their failed Kickstarter into a $248K success.—Links:Work with us: https://hubs.ly/Q03GjTdx0 Piper website: https://piper.now/

How UNA Watch Raised $344,846 on Kickstarter (Ep. 46) 08.08.2025

Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: https://hubs.ly/Q03BXHQP0—In this episode, Edward Hallam, Marketing Director at UNA Watch, shares the innovative marketing strategies that propelled their modular GPS sports watch to success on Kickstarter.—Links:Work with us: https://hubs.ly/Q03BXHQP0UNA Watch: https://www.unawatch.com/

How ChillShark Disrupted the $426M Cold Plunge Market 02.06.2025

In this episode, Keegan O'Connor, founder of ChillShark, shares his journey of launching a product that transforms bathtubs into cold plunges. He discusses the importance of identifying market needs, his unique marketing strategies for a successful Kickstarter campaign, and the lessons learned from his entrepreneurial experiences. Keegan emphasizes the significance of customer feedback and aut...

10 Years of Board Game Business Lessons In 45 Minutes ft. Konstantinos Manos 10.03.2025

In this episode, we’re talking with Konstantinos Manos. He’s the founder of Hive Interactive, Vesuvius Media, and TabletopAnalytics.com. He’s had 20 Kickstarter launches for his tabletop games and is a wealth of knowledge on all things tabletop, Kickstarter, and crowdfunding.

How This Software Engineer Raised $792,484 for his Hotel Concept: The Story of Cypress Resort 29.01.2025

Tanner Cummings is the co-founder of Cypress Resort, a nature resort nestled in the mountains that raised $792,484 on Indiegogo. 

Launching the Largest Hotel Crowdfunding Campaign Ever: The Story of Kosmos (Ep. 42) 02.12.2024

Gamal Jadue Zalaquett is the Founder and CEO of Kosmos resorts, a first of its kind real estate development in astrotourism. To date, Kosmos resorts is the most funded Real Estate project on Indiegogo raising over $2MM.

The Post-Kickstarter Growth Strategy of Dux Somnium Games 14.11.2024

Today we have Dusty & Amy Droz, the founders of Dux Somnium Games. They’ve launched two highly successful Kickstarters: Botany & La Fleur. In this episode, they share their strategy for growing their business after the Kickstarter is over. We cover manufacturing, fulfillment, getting into retail and building off of your past success. 

How Droplet Used “Micro-Testing” To Predict Kickstarter Success 08.11.2024

Emilie Wiliams and Julia Deister are the Co-Founders of Hydrific, a venture under American Standard, a company you may have heard of before! Together with LaunchBoom, we launched a product together called The Droplet on Kickstarter which raised over $114,000 on Kickstarter with over 640 backers. Beyond the funding, in this podcast, Emilie and Julia share all of their learnings and processes they f...

The Facebook Ad Strategy Behind This $202,867 Kickstarter 22.10.2024

Marcus Veerman is the creator of Nüdel Pod, which raised AU$ 309,513 on Kickstarter. In this episode, he shares how he did it.

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