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.
He Got a Legal Notice From LEGO 3 Days Before His $170K Kickstarter Launch
Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: https://tinyurl.com/3d43we7e— Episode 71: Masters of Crowdfunding —In this episode, Mark sits down with Richard Hoedl, creator of Epic Brick Adventures, a brick-based (think LEGO-compatible) role-playing game built as a non-violent, family-friendly alternative to traditional RPGs. Richard shares the eight-to-nine-year journey from running brick workshops in his living room to a second Kickstarter that raised over $170K CAD, the hard lessons from a failed first campaign, why he calls his community more valuable than the money, and the chaos of getting a legal notice from LEGO's lawyers three days before launch.Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/3d43we7eEpic Brick Adventures: https://epicbrickadventures.com/
18 Sept 2026
Why This Doctor Built His Own Shoe Brand From Scratch
Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: https://tinyurl.com/2czex3rr — Episode 70: Masters of Crowdfunding —In this episode, Mark sits down with Dr. Sofoklis Sarellis, physical therapist, sports performance coach, and creator of Symbol, a barefoot athletic training sneaker built to handle lateral movement and change of direction. Sofo shares how a personal frustration with barefoot shoes falling apart during agility training led him to sketch, prototype, and patent his own sneaker from scratch, and how a nearly $60K opening day on Kickstarter came down to studio photography, founder-led content, and staying the course through years of uncertainty.Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/2czex3rr Symbol: https://symbol.win/ —Check out our other channels: @launchboom_official @LaunchBoom_Games
2 Sept 2026
How a Messy Bike Chain Problem Became a $100K+ Kickstarter
Launch your product in the next 90 days 🚀 Start here: https://tinyurl.com/3d43we7e— Episode 69: Masters of Crowdfunding —In this episode, Mark sits down with Jan and Josep, co-creators of CHA, a graphite-based bike chain lubricant and applicator. Jan and Josep share the story of turning a personal frustration with messy chain lube into a patented invention, and the lessons they learned building a completely new product category: from finding the right audience, to the value of "slow cooking" a campaign, and fulfilling to over 3,000 backers around the world.Links:Work with us: https://tinyurl.com/3d43we7e CHA: https://thecha.cc/ — Check out our other channels: @launchboom_official @LaunchBoom_Games
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