The Crunchies: blog-sponsored, reader-approved award show for top startups

Together with blogs GigaOm, Read/Write Web and host Techcrunch, VentureBeat is putting on the Crunchies, an end-of-the-year awards ceremony honoring the top web startups that you decide on.

Here’s how it works. We’ll be launching the formal nominations process on the Website over the next few weeks. After we’ve received nominations, we’ll have everyone vote on their favorite nominees.

The winners will be announced at an awards presentation in San Francisco, exact date and venue to be announced.

More details to come.

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