Our Expert Lineup

Meet your teachers for Spring Summit

Everette Taylor

CEO of Kickstarter

Former CMO of Artsy, Everette is a creative entrepreneur who is passionate about art, supporting creators, and making creativity accessible to all.

Becky Center

CEO of Indiegogo

Becky previously served in executive roles for various tech companies and is excited to use that expertise to help creators turn their ideas into reality.

Mark Pecota

CEO of LaunchBoom

Mark has helped over a thousand creators launch and raise over $100M in crowdfunding campaigns. He is also author of #1 bestseller, CROWDFUNDED.

Lucas Williamson

Founder/CEO, Product Refinery

Product Refinery empowers founders with top-notch design, manufacturing, and logistics solutions. From idea to doorstep, our global team of experts will assist you in crafting an exceptional product, building a scalable supply chain, and navigating potential pitfalls for a successful journey.

Kian Golzari

Product Sourcing Expert

Kian has personally sourced over 2,500 products across the world for some of the world’s leading brands including: NBA, Olympics, United Nations, and more.

Meloney Buehl

CEO, PledgeManager

The hub of a wheel for an organization focused on empowering innovators and artists with expertise and logistical tools to support your backers.

Jon Ritter

Head of Games, Kickstarter

Leading the games division for Kickstarter, a platform dedicated to bringing creative projects to life.

Mikey Gilder

Head of Creative and Co Founder, Legends of Avantris

Leading creative for the team that broke the record for most funded 5E supplement of all time on Kickstarter at $4,020,234.

Richard Reininger

Creative Director + Co-Founder, Friends ‘N Allies

Video experts specializing in cinematic storytelling for clients like Dell, Cata, Epson, and Volvo

Ready

Co-Founder, Friends ‘N Allies

Video experts specializing in cinematic storytelling for clients like Dell, Cata, Epson, and Volvo

Julie dePontbriand

CRO, Indiegogo

Julie dePontbriand has 16+ years of experience building businesses that drive scalable growth across B2B and B2C customers.

Tommy Thornburgh

President, PRIME

Tommy Thornburgh is an incredibly accomplished and highly sought-after business advisor with more than 15 years of industry experience in entity formation and tax strategy.

Daniel Baxter

Founder, Inspyr Labs

Daniel Baxter is the Founder of Inspyr Labs, where your idea is grown into a launchable product.

Noah Kinsey

Customer Outreach, Jellop

Noah and the team at Jellop managed ads responsible for some of the largest raises on Kickstarter.

Ken Buras

CEO of IN2 International

For over 40 years, Ken has helped startups and Fortune 100 companies develop new products and establish manufacturing networks around the world.

Stormer Santana

Director of Sales, Dalmore

Stormer is the Director of Sales at Dalmore Group, one of the top brokers dealers for Reg A+ offerings. With an extensive background in institutional asset management and crowdfunding, I have helped hundreds of issuers navigate fundraising opportunities.

Justin Renfro

Revenue Based Finance Lead, WeFunder

Justin Renfro is a leading expert in early-stage fundraising.He currently leads Revenue Based Financing at Wefunder, a new initiative designed as an alternative to banks and VCs.

Josh Amster

VP of Sales, StartEngine

Josh is the Vice President of Sales at StartEngine - the leading equity crowdfunding platform dedicated to helping entrepreneurs achieve their dreams with over $650M raised from over 1M investors.

Josh Burdick

Shipping Expert, Floship

Josh has helped hundreds of crowdfunding creators ship their products to over 190 countries using Floship.

Chris Woodward

Golden Goose Games Consultancy, Founder

Chris has spent the last twenty years assisting publishers, large and small, navigate the intricacies of bringing their creativity to market.

Brandon Rollins

Fulfillment Expert, Fulflllrite

Brandon and the team at Fulfillrite have fulfilled and delivered over 3,200 Kickstarter campaigns on time.

Hera Aurea

Crowdfunding Expert, LaunchBoom

Hera coaches hundreds of creators every month to turn their product idea into a reality. Her list of clients include Oculis Lodge which raised $1,222,286 on Indiegogo.

Will Ford

President of LaunchBoom

Will is an American entrepreneur, crowdfunding expert, and strategic advisor who is passionate about helping entrepreneurs and innovators succeed.

Justin Arakaki

Director of Crowdfunding, LaunchBoom

Justin helped develop LaunchBoom’s robust launch strategy and has been a part of every one of LaunchBoom’s crowdfunding launches since 2015.

Soren Fuchs

Crowdfunding Expert, LaunchBoom

Soren has coached over 150 crowdfunding creators to successfully launch and raise thousands of dollars - including Tandem Shower which raised $774,113 on Kickstarter.

Victor Shiu

Creative Director, LaunchBoom

Victor has directed, produced and consulted hundreds of crowdfunding pages, videos, and pre-launch funnels that have raised over $100M in revenue.

Spencer Knowlton

Crowdfunding Expert, LaunchBoom

Our Senior Crowdfunding Specialist responsible for helping raise over $60M through crowdfunding and in ecommerce.