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.