How a Bamboo Watch Created the 4th Generation of Watch Makers with Boman Farrer, co-founder of LunoWear

How a Bamboo Watch Created the 4th Generation of Watch Makers with Boman Farrer, co-founder of LunoWear

Author: Luke Bayard: Entrepreneur, Business Strategist and Techie October 8, 2016 Duration: 1:25:16

 

Today's guest is Boman Farrer, the co-founder of LunoWear, a stylish watch brand made from bamboo that nearly raised half a million through crowdfunding. Even when they had to switch funding platforms after raising 400k!

 

In this interview we discuss the following topics:

  • The value of family tradition
  • Building a loyal audience before launching a product
  • How to properly execute a crowdfunding campaign.
  • Instagram strategies using hashtags & influencers
  • How to use Facebook ads
  • The pros & cons of Amazon exclusives
  • And much, much more!

 

You all are the greatest! Thank you for listening & enjoy!


Luke Bayard, an entrepreneur and business strategist with a deep technical background, hosts Cult of Startup Podcast. Here, the polished facade of success is set aside to make room for the real, unvarnished origin stories. Each conversation is a journey back to the chaotic and formative early days, where guests recount everything from horrible miscalculations and embarrassing stumbles to those rare, awesome breakthroughs that changed everything. Luke’s approach is deliberately open-ended and nothing-off-limits, digging into the specific reasons-often messy and unexpected-behind an entrepreneur’s eventual trajectory. The result is an hour that feels less like a formal interview and more like hanging out with insightful startup buddies, where the exchange is as loose as it is informative. Tuning into this podcast means getting a candid education in business building, one grounded in lived experience rather than theory, where the lessons are found in the raw details of what actually happened.
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