While it is always important to remember that starting off well is a good place as any to begin, ending well is all the more crucial. After all, don’t we all remember the story about the hare and the tortoise? It looked pretty sure from the beginning that the hare was going to win the race, no doubt about it, but at the end of the day, it was the slow and steady tortoise who emerged victorious. The Zano mini-drone might be in a similar situation as that of the hare – it happened to be Europe’s most successful Kickstarter project, but is apparently knee deep in crisis at the moment.
It seemed that the former chief executive of Torquing Group, which is also the firm behind the Zano, has resigned last night, and this certainly caused more than a small ripple as the many thousands who had faith in the project and collectively invested more than £2m a year ago are now in a world of despair.
Ivan Reedman, the engineer who helped design of the mini-drone, shared on his reasons for leaving, “My resignation is due to personal health issues and irreconcilable differences. To say I am devastated pales when compared to what I am feeling.”
Those who backed the Zano mini-drone were far from amused, and one backer wrote, “Fingers crossed Zano can continue for the benefit of everyone (including me) that has invested their hard-earned money.” Hopefully all will end well for everyone at the end of the day.
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