About Us

Driving Product Success Through Strategic Marketing

Founded in 2015, The LaunchPad Agency evolved from JumpStarter PR, a firm that handled media relations for high-profile projects like the Hyperloop. With deep expertise in public relations, digital marketing, and growth strategies, we have built a strong team with the right experience and skill sets to help products, SaaS platforms, apps, and games thrive in competitive markets.

Our omnichannel approach integrates PR, digital marketing, paid advertising, content creation, and influencer marketing to maximize visibility and engagement. With a data-driven, performance-focused methodology, we don’t just market products—we position them for long-term success and industry leadership.

Why Work With Us?

OUR TEAM

We are a driven team of marketing creatives, social strategists and media mavericks who love helping innovative companies launch their products and services into the US marketplace.

Our passion? To bring together all the resources, marketing know-how, powerful media relationships and strategic partners needed for our clients to achieve success. With a wide range of integrated PR & Marketing services and in-depth knowledge of the crowdfunding ecosystem, our 360-degree approach has you covered.

Sean Angus

Sean Angus

President & Co-Founder

Glenn Mandel

Glenn Mandel

VP Media Relations

Alexandra Skillman

Alexandra Skillman

Sr. Account Director

Julie Michelle

Julie Michelle

Creative Director

Brian Fitzgerald

Brian Fitzgerald

Sr. Account Director

Steve Graff

Steve Graff

Director of Analytics

Sarah Levin

Sarah Levin

Campaign Director

Heather Ripkowski

Heather Ripkowski

Campaign Manager

Pedro Codo

Pedro Codo

Growth Marketing Manager

Josh Dominguez

Josh Dominguez

Ad Specialist

Mohammed Akram

Mohammed Akram

Advertising Specialist

Mike Cooley

Mike Cooley

Executive Producer, Video Creative

Alex Tostado

Alex Tostado

Image Creator & Photographer

David Johnson

David Johnson

Copywriter




Advisors

James Little

James Little

Founder
The LaunchPad Agency

Mike Miller

Mike Miller

Founder & Principal
Wild Horse Labs

Robin Lee

Robin Lee

Founder
Robin Lee Venture Consulting

Sara Hanks

Sara Hanks

Co-Founder & CEO
CrowdCheck

PARTNERS

Please find below some of the amazing partners we work with on a regular basis. Not only do they provide specialized industry expertise, but they also help to amplify the services we provide to our clients.

Sprint Sprint crowdfunders’ fund is aimed at supporting startups engaged in crowdfunding through various financial instruments in a fast and smart manner through top experts in the industry. Floship Floship is a tech-powered e-commerce order fulfillment provider offering award-winning, fully automated fulfillment software that integrates seamlessly with leading e-commerce platforms such as Shopify, Magento or Woocommerce. Floship furthermore specializes in crowdfunding fulfillment, having fulfilled more crowdfunding campaigns than any other fulfillment provider in the world. Their crowdfunding fulfillment solution integrates directly with Kickstarter and Indiegogo campaigns. Currently running a campaign and in need of a fulfillment solution to get the rewards to your backers? Search no further. Contact Floship for a free consultation. Wild Horse Labs Wild Horse Labs is an international investment accelerator which mentors startups to attract investments and create successful exits. Crowdcheck Crowdcheck provides due diligence, disclosure and compliance for online capital formation. Stradling Stradling provides a wide range of legal services, from corporate transactions, securities and complex business litigation, tax, intellectual property, employment, real estate, public law and municipal finance. Brand Hut Brand Hut helps nurture brands, achieving optimum product category rank and page rank on Google and Amazon. The Bellow Group The Bellow Group was established to assist US and Asian Manufacturers in developing sales, marketing and product development strategies that will lead to profitable sales growth. Indiegogo Indiegogo is a premier crowdfunding platform known for launching innovative products and businesses worldwide. IBM Global Entrepreneur IBM Global Entrepreneur equips you with the go-to-market support, business mentorship, services, discounts, technical guidance and networking opportunities needed to quickly bring your solution to market fast on the industry leading Cloud platform. Startup Socials Startup Socials is a global community of entrepreneurs that connects and empowers professionals working in the startup ecosystem. Techstars Techstars is a mentorship-driven startup accelerator and venture fund. Runway Runway provides coworking space to entrepreneurs, accelerator programs for high-growth startups, corporate innovation services to global companies and event programming. Enterprise Singapore Enterprise Singapore is the Singaporean government agency promoting international trade and partnering Singapore based companies in going global. Easyship Easyship is the world’s leading cloud-based shipping technology platform that helps eCommerce merchants ship their products globally. As a user-centric product, Easyship has helped to simplify the complex world of cross-border logistics for more than 40,000 clients worldwide; with exclusive rates from leading couriers, on-demand pickup requests, and a dashboard to track every shipment, we've got your logistics operations covered from checkout to delivery. TECHSPACELA TECHSPACELA specializes in working with Tech companies by helping them secure great deals on office space. They have a very strong presence in LA with all VC funds such as Thrive Market, Kin Community, Line Corp, Oblong Industries, etc. They often find the best office locations before they ever hit the market and are THE perfect team for helping with all of your office space needs. WeWork WeWork is a leading co-working space that transforms buildings into beautiful, collaborative workspaces. With a vibrant startup community, they empower creators to achieve. Retailbound Unlike many agencies, Retailbound has been on both sides of the retail buyer’s desk and has helped thousands of product entrepreneurs be successful in retail.
Retailbound provides 1-on-1 retail coaching, retail consulting, and channel sales management services for new and innovative start-ups who are looking to transition from a crowdfunded product to a retail ready product.
Make in LA Early stage accelerator and fund building the epicenter of hardware entrepreneurship in Southern California. Kickstarter Kickstarter helps artists, musicians, filmmakers, designers, and other creators find the resources and support they need to make their ideas a reality. To date, tens of thousands of creative projects — big and small — have come to life with the support of the Kickstarter community. Newegg Inc Newegg Inc. is an online retailer of items including computer hardware and consumer electronics

CONTACT US

Email us today to learn more about how Launchpad can help you!

Schedule a Call

WE’RE READY TO LAUNCH

The only question is: How high do you want to soar?

Thank you for your interest in The LaunchPad Agency.

So we can direct you to the right person, which services are you interested in?
Please select one of the following:

We appreciate your business!