Masters of Crowdfunding

Episode 19: Laia Gonzalez is the co-founder of Wonderbow Games and publisher of KELP – a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $1.5M. In this episode, Laia shares the marketing strategy behind her success

Episode 18: Zach Huber is the co-founder of Well Played WI and one of four co-creators of BocceRoll – a backyard game that blends the best parts of Skee-Ball®, bocce, and cornhole to create an addictive and portable yard game. He spent 2 years creating the game and finally launched on June 27, 2023 on Kickstarter. It was a huge success, and raised $155,259 in 30 days. Zach shares how they did it a...

Episode 17: Sai Prasanth is the Cofounder and CEO of Muse Wearables, the creator of Ring One. A stunning wearable health tracker that can track your sleep, measure blood pressure and complete payments. The Ring One was the fastest wearable campaign to reach $1MM in funds raised. 

Jake Jackson is the CEO of Cinch! Popup Tents and the creator behind 6 successful crowdfunding campaigns. Jake is a crowdfunding veteran, with his first launch dating back to 2014. Jake is also one of the few creators who has launched on both Kickstarter and Indiegogo and brings a unique and rare perspective on each platform.

Tyler Bushnell is the founder of Polycade. He launched Polycade Sente on Kickstarter and raised over $1M in one day. In this episode, he tells how he did it.

Episode 14: Along with his wife Zoey, Casey Mattes is the co-founder of SweaterBear Games. Their first board game is called Bear Mountain Camping Adventure. It was a huge hit on Kickstarter, raising $781,450 by the end of the campaign. In this episode, Casey shares exactly how they did it.

Episode 13: Host Mark Pecota is joined by Eric Garcia Casanova. Eric is the co-creator of FILLER - a storage system for pocket board games. They recently finished up their Kickstarter campaign working with LaunchBoom and raised over $160K. Before FILLER, he was focused solely on creating products for others at  MorontaCasanova Design Studio where he is the co-founder and product designer. FILLER w...

Episode 12: Host Mark Pecota is joined by Simon Lasnier. Simon is the creator of Midronome. His story is pretty uncommon as the first time he launched on Kickstarter he actually failed. But, he didn’t give up. He learned from his mistakes and relaunched 6 months later, this time raising nearly €160K. I believe there’s so much more to learn from failure than success… and this interview proves to be...

Episode 11: Host Mark Pecota is joined by Jamey Stegmaier. Jamey is the co-founder, President, and Game Designer at Stonemaier Games . From 2011 to 2015, he launched 8 Kickstarters, with the last one, Scythe, raising over $1.8M. He’s launched many more highly successful games since 2015, but didn’t use Kickstarter as the launch platform.  In this episode, Jamey shares how he went from a full-time...

Episode 10 : Host Kevin Liang is joined by Mikey Gilder & Andy Flynn . Mikey and Andy are two of the founders of Legends of Avantris – the creator of The Crooked Moon , which raised over $1M in the first 6 hours of their Kickstarter campaign. The campaign went on to finish at over $4M in funds raised on Kickstarter. In this episode, Mikey and Andy share their philosophies behind community building...

Episode 9: Gal Butler is the 17 year old creator of Wayv Bowl , a foldable and stackable magnetic bowl that raised $111,207 on Kickstarter . In this episode, Gal shares his thought process in de-risking his product launch, what gave him the conviction to continue working on the product for 2 years before he launched his campaign and the sacrifices he had to make along the way. Gal also talks about...

Episode 8: Dusty and Amy Droz are the husband and wife duo and co-founders of Dux Somnium Games . They launched their first game, BOTANY , on Kickstarter in May where they raised over $100 thousand in the first 24 hours and went on to raise over $1 million by the end of the campaign.   Hitting the million dollar milestone puts them in the top 0.13% of all Kickstarter campaigns ever and they did it...

Episode 7: We have the creator of Ascendancy , a tabletop game that as of today has raised $476,557 with 3,381 backers on Kickstarter . Matthew Meeple is the creator and we have him here today to share with us the story behind how he created the game, and also his background and what led up to the creation of the game.

Episode 6: Kian Golzari is a sourcing expert who has been living and working in China since 2010. Visiting over 500 factories and has sourced over 2,500 products . His global client list includes the  NBA , Olympics , United Nations , retailers across the UK and the US, as well as e-commerce stores. He has won numerous international awards , including the Sunday Times Fast Track Award for Top 100...

Episode 5: Gareth is the Founder of Rockwell Razors , Lomi and many other consumer brands. As the CMO of Lomi he generated over $100M revenue in 2 years. He is also an angel investor , board member , and partner in several other technology companies, agencies, and local businesses.

Episode 4: In addition to being the  CEO of   Kickstarter , Everette is also an entrepreneur passionate about art, supporting creators, and helping people bring their dreams to reality. He is experienced in building and growing successful businesses as a CEO, chief marketing officer, and as a founder himself. Before joining Kickstarter, Everette most recently served as the  CMO of Artsy , the larg...

Episode 3: Cleve Oines  is the founder and CEO of MannKitchen , the creator of the Pepper Cannon which raised over $3M on Kickstarter and Indiegogo. Cleve grew up on an Island in Alaska with mountains as his backyard and the Pacific Ocean just outside his front door. He is also a cook and nature lover.

Episode 2:  Kristie Wolfe  is a  Airbnb Superhost  and the creator of some of the most iconic stays on Airbnb.com. Kristie built her first tiny house in 2011 as a social experiment to live more simply. From there, she has handcrafted one of a kind experiences like her treehouse in Hawaii, an underground hobbit hole in Washington, a fire lookout in the Idaho Panhandle, and even a potato hotel in he...

Episode 1:  Alex Lieberman  is the Cofounder and Executive Chairman of  Morning Brew , a 9 figure media property with over 4.5mm subscribers that sold to Business Insider. Alex is a Forbes 30 under 30 recipient and has been featured on publications such as Entrepreneur.com, The Information and one of my favorite podcasts, How I Built This. He is also a startup investor, the host of “ The Crazy One...

Welcome to the LaunchBoom Podcast . This is where we explore the journeys of creators, founders and entrepreneurs journeys in their product launches. This podcast is hosted by Kevin Liang , LaunchBoom's Product Launch Director. In the international best seller, Good to Great, Jim Collins and his research team reviewed in depth 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcript...