Crunchies 2007 is like the Oscars for the best startups, Internet and technology innovations. It is a joint effort of popular sites TechCrunch, GigaOM, Read/Write/Web and VentureBeat.
After tallying more than 100,000 votes, the following companies have emerged victorious in the following categories:
Best Overall: Facebook
Best Technology Innovation/Achievement: Earthmine
Best Clean Tech Startup: Tesla Motors
Best video startup: Hulu
Best user-generated content site: Digg
Best mobile start-up: Twitter
Best International startup: Netvibes
Best consumer startup: Meebo
Best enterprise startup: Zoho
Best design: SmugMug
Best new gadget/ device: Apple iPhone
Best business model: Zazzle
Best bootstrapped startup: Techmeme
Best Startup Founder: Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Best Startup CEO: Toni Schneider (Automattic)
Best new startup: iMedix
Most likely to succeed: Automattic (WordPress)
Best use of viral marketing: StumbleUpon
Best time sink site: Kongregate
Originally posted on January 20, 2008 @ 9:16 pm
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