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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 [...]
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rebrand!

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, [...]
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some updates

hello all, since we released our pre-alpha, we’ve made a few additions: we’ve added geolocation services, so addresses you input will automatically be sanitized and verified AND the distance between the item you’re looking at and yourself is shown on the item listing page. i also think the system now automatically calculates taxes in the total for [...]
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release notes

so, since we don’t have a company blog yet, this will have to do. we’re launching the pre-alpha tonight to a select group of testers. hopefully you guys can offer us some really good feedback on all the things we missed! but some known issues first: there’s no company blog yet the contact form isn’t working yet tracking information on [...]
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