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However, the success also caused
a lot of stress. “If you’re not
ready to take your product
to market and you get
all this attention, then
either somebody’s
gonna steal it or copy
it,” he said, worried
that he might miss the
opportunity to have
PancakeBot become a
product.
In early 2015, Miguel
agreed to license the product
and turn over development to the
new company. Work began on a new 1.0 version
made in China. And finally, PancakeBot did a
Kickstarter. “We were able to meet our goal of
$50,000 within the first 24 hours,” said Miguel. On
a visit to Kickstarter, Miguel learned that a lot of
people had been