The nomination process for the Crunchies is complete. You’ve helped us narrow the list of possible winners for the awards, and it’s now time to vote on them.
The Crunchies is a joint effort between us, GigaOm, Read/WriteWeb and TechCrunch, and aims to recognize the best technology innovations and start-up achievements.
Some 82,000 nominations were made for companies in each of twenty categories. Five companies in each category have made it to the final vote. Starting now, you can vote for the startups you think are the leaders in each of the categories, ranging from “best business model” to “best CEO.”
Voting goes through January 10. An Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, January 18 at the Herbst Theater
across the street from City Hall in San Francisco, and it will followed by a party. Tickets to the event will go on sale in the next week or so, so stay tuned.
A word on sponsorships. If you’d like to sponsor a particular Crunchie award, contact us here. We at VentureBeat are especially proud of the clean-tech award, because we think that sector is so important right now. But the other award categories are all noteworthy too, from “best bootstrapped,” to “best start-up of 2007,” to “best overall” (see full list below). Many thanks to the existing sponsors Adobe, Charles River Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Microsoft, OurStage and Sun for assisting us with the event - we could not do it without them.
If you’re a finalist, congratulations on making it this far. You can grab a badge to let your users know about the Crunchies.
Best technology innovation / achievement
Earthmine
Like
Move Networks
Twine
Viewdle
Best bootstrapped start-up
FriendFeed
PoliticalBase
ProductWiki
Techmeme
UpNext
Best new gadget / device
iphone
Kindle
Ooma
Pleo
Wii
Best business model
Glam Media
Imeem
Prosper
Weatherbill
Zazzle
Best design
Etsy
Jackson Fish Market
Netvibes
Smugmug
Songza
Best enterprise start-up
37Signals
Attributor
EditGrid
Ribbit
Zoho
Best consumer start-up
1800FREE411
23andMe
LinkedIn
Meebo
Zillow
Best mobile start-up
AdMob
Fring
Loopt
Shozu
Twitter
Best international start-up
Atlassian
Gizmoz
MusicShake
Netvibes
OpenAds
Best user-generated content
Digg
Facebook
Geni
Instructables
Yelp
Best video site
Aniboom
Hulu
Joost
Justin.tv
Tokbox
Best clean tech start-up
A123 Systems
Ausra
Gridpoint
NanoSolar
Tesla Motors
Best use of viral marketing
Flixster
iLike
iminlikewithyou
RockYou
StumbleUpon
Best time sink site
College Humor
Duels
kdice
Kongregate
Pandora
Most likely to make the world a better place
Causes
DonorsChoose
Kiva
One laptop per child
ZeroFootprint
Most likely to succeed
Kayak
Mint
Slide
Wordpress
Zivity
Best start-up founder
Reid Hoffman
Max Levchin
Kevin Rose
Evan Williams
Mark Zuckerberg
Best start-up CEO
Gina Bianchini
Dick Costolo
Toni Schneider
Rob Solomon
Lance Tokuda
Best new start-up of 2007
Hulu
iMedix
Joost
Ribbit
Tumblr
Best overall
Digg
Facebook
GrandCentral
Twitter
Zillow
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anonymous said:
As someone who works at Ning - though thankfully, not for much longer - I can safely say that Gina Bianchini is the worst CEO ever. Dishonest, unstable, inconsistent, unfocused, egomaniacal.
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can safely say that Gina Bianchini is the worst CEO ever. Dishonest, unstable, inconsistent, unfocused, egomaniacal.
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