After a multitude of worthy nominations, TechCrunch and VentureBeat are proud to announce the 8th Annual Crunchies Awards nominees. The full list is below and voting begins now.
There are 20 award categories that recognize the top accomplishments across a variety of fields and roles. It’s going to be a tight competition with so much talent, so start voting now. Everyone is eligible and encouraged to vote. The rules state that you may vote once per day, per award category, until voting closes on Tuesday, January 27, 2015, at 11:59 p.m. PST. Winners will be announced at the Crunchies on Thursday, February 5, 2015, at 7:30pm at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. Get your tickets here.
The Crunchies are the Oscars of the startup and technology world. The show highlights the best in tech from the previous year in an environment that’s both chic and fun. The hilarious T.J. Miller, who plays egotistical entrepreneur and tech guru Erlich Bachman on HBO’s Emmy-nominated hit show Silicon Valley, will be our host.
So join us on February 5, 2015, to see who in tech will take home their hard-earned statues.
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Best Technology Achievement
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Best On-Demand Service
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Best E-Commerce Application
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Best Mobile Application
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Fastest-Rising Startup
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Best Health Startup
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Best Design
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Best Bootstrapped Startup
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Best Enterprise Startup
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Best International Startup
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Best Education Startup
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Best Hardware Startup
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Can’t Stop, Won’t Stop
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Biggest Social Impact
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Angel of the Year
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VC of the Year
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Founder of the Year
Stewart Butterfield, Eric Costello, Cal Henderson and Serguei Mourachov (Slack) (Related posts)
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CEO of the Year
Marc Benioff (Salesforce.com) (Related posts)
Tim Cook (Apple) (Related posts)
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Best New Startup of 2014
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Best Overall Startup of 2014
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