Pinterest wins Best New Startup of 2011 Crunchie, now driving more referrals than Reddit
Hot-as-heck social networking service Pinterest won the award for Best New Startup of 2011 at the Crunchies Awards last night, beating out other strong contenders like Turntable.fm, Fab, and Codeacademy.
Pinterest lets people spotlight products and pictures they like and was launched in private beta in March 2010. It was nominated in the 2011 category because it saw incredible growth in traffic last year. The site attracted nearly 11 million unique visitors in mid-December and … Continue Reading
Announcing the 2011 Crunchies Awards winners
Ah, the Crunchies Awards; the glitz, the glamour, the tech innovation. This awards show gathers the best and brightest startups and tech companies from 2011 to celebrate their achievements and amazing technology.
VentureBeat, GigaOm, and TechCrunch hosted the event, which took place Tuesday night at the glamorous Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. The event was filled with tech celebrities and entertaining personalities, including host Harris Wittels, a “Parks and Recreation” alum and #humblebrag curator, … Continue Reading
Jack Dorsey, Ron Conway to attend The Crunchies Awards
It’s time to get excited for The Crunchies Awards. The final line-up of notable guests has been released, making us all the more excited to co-host this star-studded event.
Harris Wittels, “Parks and Recreation” writer and all-around funny guy, will take the stage as the host of the 2011 Crunchies Awards next Tuesday night, January 31. VentureBeat, GigaOm, and TechCrunch are hosting the event, awarding the best tech innovation of 2011.
The event is chock-full … Continue Reading
Crunchies tickets on sale now. Get yours while you can!
Update: That was quick! Tickets have already sold out. The next batch will go on sale before the holidays, so stay tuned.
Tickets for Silicon Valley’s hottest annual event are on sale now.
That’s right, you can now buy the first, extremely limited batch of tickets to the Crunchies, which are coming up January 31, 2012.
Crunchies tickets go on sale at 10am today. We’re only making a few available in this batch, so act … Continue Reading
The Crunchies are coming up, and you have one more day to enter
Silicon Valley’s annual technology awards, the Crunchies, are coming up January 31, 2012.
The Crunchies have been co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm and VentureBeat every year since their inception in 2007. This year, the awards will be held in glamorous Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, and we hear there will be a swell after-party. Stay tuned for details on how to get tickets.
We’ll be accepting nominations until midnight Pacific time tomorrow (December 13th, at … Continue Reading
VentureBeat to co-host the 5th annual Crunchies Awards
The 2011 Crunchies Awards are coming up. We’re happy to announce that we’ll be co-hosting the event, along with our friends at TechCrunch and GigaOm, as we have done every year since the awards started in 2007.
This annual celebration of startups and technology will be held on January 31, and it’s moving to the Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco, a gorgeous venue that seats over 2,000 people, so there will be twice the … Continue Reading
Twitter clinches best startup of 2010 at this year's Crunchies awards
Just about every inside joke imaginable popped up at this evening’s Crunchies awards, an event that honored startups that have performed above and beyond in 2010 — from jokes about TechCrunch writer MG Siegler’s obsessions with Apple devices to ambush interviews between TechCrunch’s Mike Arrington and Groupon CEO Andrew Mason. (Did we mention a trending hashtag discussing the event’s fashionistas? Hint: search #crunchiesfashion on Twitter.)
But the real winners tonight were a nice batch up … Continue Reading
Watch live video from the Crunchies
Update: The ceremony is over, and the winners have been announced.
Didn’t manage to snag a ticket to the Crunchies? Not in San Francisco? Or only going to the after-party? Well, you can still follow along here, thanks to live video from Ustream.
The Crunchies are the annual startup awards co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and VentureBeat. Readers of all three sites voted first to nominate their favorite companies, and then for the best choice among … Continue Reading
Here are the Crunchies finalists: Vote for your favorite startups
The initial votes are in for this year’s Crunchies, the annual tech awards cohosted by VentureBeat, TechCrunch, and GigaOm. Now the real fun begins.
Following last month’s open nomination period, we’ve narrowed down each of the award categories to five or six finalists. The voting for the ultimate winners starts right now and ends at 11:59 p.m. Pacific time on January 19. Everyone is allowed to vote once per category per day. Cast your votes … Continue Reading
Missed out on Crunchies tickets? Here's your second chance
We’re releasing the second wave of tickets right now for the fourth annual Crunchies, the startup awards co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and VentureBeat.
The first set of tickets sold out in 90 minutes, so if you want one, you should move fast. Again, the ceremony will be held on the evening of January 21 at the Palace of Fine Arts Theater in San Francisco. Tickets cost $75 and include both the ceremony (which is always … Continue Reading
Buy your tickets for the Crunchies
The first set of tickets go on sale today for the fourth annual Crunchies, the startup awards co-hosted by TechCrunch, GigaOm, and VentureBeat.
The ceremony will be held on January 21 in San Francisco, starting at 7:30pm. We’re moving the venue to the Palace of Fine Arts Theater. Tickets cost $75 and include a pass to the afterparty at the Exploratorium next door. And it won’t just be tech bloggers in attendance. The stars of … Continue Reading
The Crunchies are back: Nominate your favorite startups!
The Crunchies, the annual awards that honor the coolest startups and entrepreneurs, will be back on Jan. 21, and VentureBeat will be hosting again with our friends at TechCrunch and GigaOm.
The first batch of tickets won’t go on sale until Dec. 15, but we’re opening the doors to nominations today. You can submit one nomination per category per day between now and Dec. 24 at the Crunchies nomination website. Here are the award categories:… Continue Reading
Crunchies 2008 voting begins!
The Crunchies, the annual awards that honor the coolest startups and entrepreneurs, will be back on Jan. 21, and VentureBeat will be hosting again with our friends at TechCrunch and GigaOm.
The first batch of tickets won’t go on sale until Dec. 15, but we’re opening the doors to nominations today. You can submit one nomination per category per day between now and Dec. 24 at the Crunchies nomination website. Here are the award categories:… Continue Reading
Thanks for celebrating the Crunchies with us
The Crunchies, the annual awards that honor the coolest startups and entrepreneurs, will be back on Jan. 21, and VentureBeat will be hosting again with our friends at TechCrunch and GigaOm.
The first batch of tickets won’t go on sale until Dec. 15, but we’re opening the doors to nominations today. You can submit one nomination per category per day between now and Dec. 24 at the Crunchies nomination website. Here are the award categories:… Continue Reading
Nominations for Crunchies Awards now open
The Crunchies, the annual awards that honor the coolest startups and entrepreneurs, will be back on Jan. 21, and VentureBeat will be hosting again with our friends at TechCrunch and GigaOm.
The first batch of tickets won’t go on sale until Dec. 15, but we’re opening the doors to nominations today. You can submit one nomination per category per day between now and Dec. 24 at the Crunchies nomination website. Here are the award categories:… Continue Reading
