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title: "Finalists Announced for Crunchies Awards"
date: 2007-12-21
author: "Richard MacManus"
categories:
  - name: "ReadWriteWeb"
    url: "/category/readwriteweb.md"
tags:
  - name: "2007"
    url: "/tag/2007.md"
---

# Finalists Announced for Crunchies Awards

The finalists have now been announced for [the Crunchies](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://crunchies.techcrunch.com/), the awards show we’re co-hosting with [Techcrunch](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.techcrunch.com/), [GigaOm](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.gigaom.com/) and [VentureBeat](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.venturebeat.com/). Voting will be live through to midnight PST Thursday, January 10. You can [vote here](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://vote.crunchies.techcrunch.com/), once a day.

There are bound to be startups disappointed not to have made the cut – and indeed a few of my own favorites didn’t make it. But that is the nature of awards. We received thousands of nominations and the 4 host blogs went back and forth many times to agree on our finalists. Check out the full list below and then go and start voting 🙂 If you’re a finalist, you may want to add a [badge](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://crunchies.techcrunch.com/badges/) to your site to encourage people to vote for you.

**Best technology innovation / achievement**EarthmineLikeMove NetworksTwineViewdle**Best bootstrapped start-up**FriendFeedPoliticalBaseProductWikiTechmemeUpNext**Best new gadget / device**iphoneKindleOomaPleoWii**Best business model**Glam MediaImeemProsperWeatherbillZazzle**Best design**EtsyJackson Fish MarketNetvibesSmugmugSongza**Best enterprise start-up**37SignalsAttributorEditGridRibbitZoho**Best consumer start-up**1800FREE41123andMeLinkedInMeeboZillow**Best mobile start-up**AdMobFringLooptShozuTwitter**Best international start-up**AtlassianGizmozMusicShakeNetvibesOpenAds**Best user-generated content**DiggFacebookGeniInstructablesYelp**Best video site**AniboomHuluJoostJustin.tvTokbox**Best clean tech start-up**A123 SystemsAusraGridpointNanoSolarTesla Motors**Best use of viral marketing**FlixsteriLikeiminlikewithyouRockYouStumbleUpon**Best time sink site**College HumorDuelskdiceKongregatePandora**Most likely to make the world a better place**CausesDonorsChooseKivaOne laptop per childZeroFootprint**Most likely to succeed**KayakMintSlideWordpressZivity**Best start-up founder**Reid HoffmanMax LevchinKevin RoseEvan WilliamsMark Zuckerberg**Best start-up CEO**Gina BianchiniDick CostoloToni SchneiderRob SolomonLance Takoda**Best new start-up of 2007**HuluiMedixJoostRibbitTumblr**Best overall**DiggFacebookGrandCentralTwitterZillow Thanks to the sponsors: Adobe, Charles River Ventures, Mayfield Fund, Microsoft, OurStage and Sun.The Awards Ceremony will take place on Friday, January 18 at the Herbst Theater – across the street from City Hall in San Francisco.Now [get voting](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://vote.crunchies.techcrunch.com/)! 😉

### See Also

- [Top 10 Startups of 2010](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/top_10_startups_of_2010.php)
- [Mahalo Faces Lawsuit; CEO to Take on TechCrunch](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/mahalo_faces_lawsuit_ceo_jason_calacanis_to_take_on_techcrunch.php)
- [Adventures in Social Curation and Context With Storify](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/adventures_in_social_curation_and_context_with_sto.php)
- [How AngelGate Affects You…Yes, You](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/how_angelgate_affects_youyes_you.php)
- [Want to Buy Facebook? 20 Bucks And It’s Yours](https://web.archive.org/web/20111101075649/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/want_to_buy_facebook_20_bucks_and_its_yours.php)



*Originally published on ReadWriteWeb ([archived copy](https://web.archive.org/web/20020204040018/http://www.readwriteweb.com/archives/crunchies_finalists.php))*