we’ve made the decision — we’re changing Receet’s name to MelonStand. while it’s quirky, it’s easier to spell and gives people a happy feeling, which is always a good thing. it also gives us great branding opportunities; don’t be surprised if you see us at your favorite TechCrunch event in a future chopping up cantaloupes.
anyway, other than rebranding and redoing all of the graphic styles, this week has been slow. Apple’s iPad announcement last week sent everybody in a tizzy. i’d like to see a higher resolution display though — if it were a 10″ or 12″ device with 1280×800 resolution i would rush out to buy one today. it looks like i’ll end up waiting for version 2, which is a lesson i learned on both my 1st-gen Macbook Pro and iPhone.
we’re thinking of making another trip up to norcal soon. i wonder if there are any good events going on this month…?
FI graduation and the aftermath
we’re done with Founder Institute — we graduated!
the program was really awesome. there are still some kinks to be worked out, but i’d say it was extremely helpful, especially to first-time founders like richard and myself.
we’re planning on attending some of the LA sessions; hopefully we get to meet more interesting people!
just to keep you updated on progress, we changed our name from Receet to MelonStand a few weeks ago, and we’ve been working through a rebranding process. adeo, FI founder + TheFunded guy, told us we were one of the more stubborn groups in the class wrt changing our name, but i’m really glad we did. the branding and marketing possibilities are endless, and people smile when they hear our name. awesome.
anyway, i think i might be attending an ixda meeting tonight. hope that goes well.
until next time!