Masters of Crowdfunding

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Apr 2026

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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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April 21, 202638 min

How This Father And Son Started A 7-Figure Business

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://pairontools.com/products/lift-slide-cart

April 14, 202640 min

How A Christmas Themed Game Became An All Seasons Success

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/wickedchristmas

April 1, 202637 min

The Viral Ad Strategy Behind This Card Game’s Success

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/mrxke3ncWhisker Wars: https://www.glasshousegames.co/whisker-wars

March 24, 202641 min

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

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/

March 10, 2026Episode 6129 min

Tech Career to $271,580 in Board Game Presales

Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here:⁠ https://hubs.ly/Q03GjTdx0⁠In 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 $271KWork with us: https://tinyurl.com/4zj6ckf9Pink Hawk Games: ⁠https://www.pinkhawkgames.com/

February 24, 2026Episode 6029 min

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

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/

February 23, 2026Episode 5846 min

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

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/

January 5, 2026Episode 5830 min

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

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/

December 11, 2025Episode 5632 min

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

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:‪‪@launchboom_official‬ ‪‪@LaunchBoom_Games‬ What we cover: 00:00 Introduction00:44 Meet Keith / Somnibuds08:06 Creating the Perfect Prototype09:30 Why Crowdfunding 12:14 The Marketing Strategy17:34 Having a Massive Day 1 Launch24:06 Learnings and Beyond Kickstarter28:09 Advice for Creators

December 10, 202544 min

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

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/