That initial obsession brought Pettis and his team to build 20 MakerBots for their initial launch. They thought it would take two months to sell them; they all sold out instantly. His obsession has also driven him to not only turn $75,000 of initial funding into $8 million in revenue, but also to extend the function of MakerBot beyond simple creation. It has become a platform where people are exercising creativity, building prosthetic limbs, and bettering the world in any way they can. Pettis wants everybody to get a MakerBot and share in his obsession for one main reason: it changes the way you think about the world. Even if you think you’re not a creative individual or a maker, you can still enjoy how it shifts your perspective on life. Create your own solutions to problems, upload your schematics online, and tweak other ideas to fit your flair. If you want to go even further, buy their new digitizer and scan your own objects for custom schematics; it’s like the washer/dryer combination of MakerBot products.
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