073: Tips from the World’s Biggest Crowdfunding Agency

With Mark Pecota, Co-Founder of LaunchBoom

Mark Pecota is the author of Crowdfunded, the leading book on crowdfunding. He is also the Co-Founder of LaunchBoom, one of the first and leading crowdfunding agencies, an agency which has raised hundreds of millions for hardware startup clients. He also founded and runs LaunchBoom Academy, an educational platform for going from start to finish of a campaign, and runs the Crowdfunded Summit. Today Mark is going to share some valuable knowledge about what Crowdfunding is, how to best prepare and test for a campaign, how campaign marketing works, how to scale your funding round, and best practices in campaign messaging.

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Mark Pecota / LaunchBoom Links:

• Personal LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markpecota/
• Company Website: https://www.launchboom.com/
• Crowdfunded Summit: https://crowdfundedsummit.com/
• LaunchBoom Academy: https://www.launchboom.com/academy/

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About: MAKO Design + Invent is the original firm providing world-class consumer product development services tailored to startups, small manufacturers, and inventors. Simply put, we are the leading one-stop-shop for developing your physical product from idea to store shelves, all in a high-quality, cost-effective, and timely manner. We operate as one powerhouse 30-person product design team spread across 4 offices to serve you (Austin, Miami, San Francisco, & Toronto). We have full-stack in-house industrial design, mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, patent referral, prototyping, and manufacturing services. To assist our startup and inventor clients, in addition to above, we help with business strategy, product strategy, marketing, and sales/distribution for all consumer product categories. Also, our founder Kevin Mako hosts The Product Startup Podcast, the industry's leading hardware podcast. Check it out for tips, interviews, and best practices for hardware startups, inventors, and product developers. Click HERE to learn more about MAKO Design + Invent!