URDB.org, a startup close to my heart, recently secured funding.
I’ve played an ambiguous role on the URDB team since February and the guys are not only welcoming and super-fun to work with, they’re astonishingly in control for a young startup. Dan and Corey have taken what could have been a one-note website (attention-seeking hipsters stuff Tootsie Rolls in their mouths in exchange for badges) and turned it into an inspirational outfit: a place where everyone can be the best at something and recognized for it. In a period of single-serving sites and gimmicky events, they’re a model of restraint and focus.
On a more serious note, guys: please spend some of that money on new jackets.