The 2021 Crowdfunded Summit was held April 6-8th, and it was an incredible success! Pardon us while we show off, but here are some pretty amazing stats:
- 11,472 ticket holders
- 73 speakers
- Attendees from 70 countries
- 59 presentations
You can get access to the Summit recordings here. Want to find out how it all went? Read on!
Platinum sponsors
Our sponsors are the reason we were able to bring you such a fantastic event. We partnered with a ton of amazing companies throughout the Summit, but we want to give a special shoutout to our platinum sponsors:
April 6th
We had 20 incredible talks on our first day! You can see all of them here, but our two most popular talks were:
How to raise $1,000,000 on Indiegogo by Enzo Njoo from Indiegogo
How To Use Influencers to Drive Sales by Shelby Olson from Kickbooster
Pitch Competition
Our Pitch Competition was held at the end of Day 1 of the Summit. After reviewing over 500 entries, our team narrowed the field down to 5 finalists. Each finalist was given 5 minutes to pitch our panel of experts, who then had 3 minutes of Q&A with each finalist. After the pitches and Q&As were finished, our experts adjourned to discuss the pitches and choose the winners.
As decided by our panel, the winners were…
First place package worth $126,000: wümgo
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Second place package worth $33,000: Splay
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Third place package worth $28,000: FrescoPod
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Fourth place package worth $14,000: Shirt Sauna
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Fifth place package worth $14,000: ShelterPack
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In addition to our five finalists, our sponsors provided custom prize packages to a handful of semi-finalists of their choice! Our fantastic custom prize winners are:
- Momentix won Rusty Allen Design’s custom prize worth $35,000, which includes their Rendering and Development Package
- wümgo won IN2 International’s custom prize worth $25,000, which includes their Platinum Manufacturing Concierge Package
- Ombraz won Kickfurther’s custom prize worth $20,000, which includes $100,000 in no-cost inventory funding
- Shirt Sauna won IN2 Innovation’s custom prize worth $5,500, which includes a Design For Manufacturing (DFM) assessment
Thanks again to our expert judges!
April 7th
Day 2 started strong with one of our most popular talks of the Summit! Here are our viewers’ favorites out of the 30 on our second day:
LaunchBoom’s 7 Figure Product Launch Formula by Joe Piperni from LaunchBoom
How to LaunchBoom: Get Funded The First Day by Mark Pecota from LaunchBoom
April 8th
The third day of the Summit was an amazing all-day VIP-only workshop on pre-launch testing! LaunchBoom’s expert team took a brand-new product concept and walked attendees through how to go from idea to test over the course of the day.
We went from this (very) ugly sketch of ours…
…to this incredible render, which we used to test our shelving system!
Talks during the day included:
Introduction and Roadmap
with product launch specialist Joe Piperni, CEO Mark Pecota, and CMO Tom Dadourian
Creating Your Minimum Viable Product
with CMO Tom Dadourian
Product Positioning for Crowdfunding
with campaign strategist Jaime Cantarovici
Copywriting for Your Landing Page
with copywriter Tara Caguiat
Creating Landing Pages That Convert
with designer Manny Pantoja
Creating Engaging Ad Copy & Creative
with campaign strategist Lauren Hart
Audience Research & Audience Setup
with campaign strategist Irina Georgieva
Advertising Programming and Testing Mentality
with lead campaign strategist Chase Borden
Closing and Q&A
with product launch specialist Joe Piperni, CEO Mark Pecota, and CMO Tom Dadourian
Our VIPs walked hand-in-hand through these sessions with our team, learning the ins and outs of LaunchBoom’s proven pre-launch testing strategy. We walked everyone through every step of the process, explaining not just how to do everything but why each step is so important. Participants saw us launch a reservation funnel for our new shelves… and were with us live as the first reservation came through!
The 2021 Crowdfunded Summit was an awesome experience. Here’s some of the feedback we got over the course of the Summit:
Want to see what the fuss was all about? Get the recordings for access to every single talk from the Summit!
