The finalists for the 2012 Crunchies have been released, and now it’s time to decide who should rewarded for their technology innovation and leadership over the course of 2012.
The list of honorees follows below, and it’s a list packed with newcomers as well as Silicon Valley veterans. Thanks to all for voting in the nomination process, and now that we’ve narrowed it down to five candidates for each award, don’t forget to vote for which person or company you think is most deserving. Voting begins today (the voting page can be found here, and the rules are here) and closes on January 24th.
As a reminder, the Crunchies, a joint production with our friends at Techcrunch and Venturebeat, will take place on Thursday, January 31, 2013, from 7:30pm to 11:30pm at Louise M. Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave, San Francisco. You can purchase tickets here.
So, without any further delay, the nominees for the 2012 Crunchies are as follows:
Best Technology Achievement
Baumgartner Jump
Google Glass
Mars Curiosity
SpaceX docks with International Space Station
Tesla Supercharger Network
Best Collaborative Consumption Service
Airbnb
Get It Now/Postmates
Lyft
TaskRabbit
Uber
Best E-Commerce Application
Fab
Hotel Tonight
Karma/Facebook Gifts
Warby Parker
Zulily
Best Mobile Application
Evernote
Google Maps
Grindr
Instagram
Square
Fastest Rising Startup
Exec
Lyft
Pinterest
Snapchat
Stripe
Best Content Discovery Application
Flipboard
Instapaper
Pinterest
Prismatic
Tumblr
Best Design
Facebook Timeline
Medium
Paper by FiftyThree
Square
Svbtle
Best Bootstrapped Startup
FreshBooks
Instapaper
Nimbus
Techmeme
Upverter
Sexiest Enterprise Startup
Asana
Box
Cloudera
Plexxi
Zendesk
Best International Startup
Hailo
Rovio
Soundcloud
Spotify
Xiaomi
Best Education Startup
Codecademy
Coursera
Edmodo
Khan Academy
Udacity
Best Hardware Startup
Lit Motors
Lockitron
Makerbot
Nest
Raspberry Pi
Best Time Sink
Angry Birds Star Wars
Buzzfeed
Letterpress
Pinterest
WhatsApp
Biggest Social Impact
Donors Choose
Indiegogo
Kickstarter
Kiva
Reddit
Angel of the Year
Michael Arrington
Chris Dixon
Paul Graham
David Lee
Chris Sacca
VC of the Year
Marc Andreessen and Ben Horowitz
Matt Cohler
Jim Goetz
Michael Moritz
Peter Thiel
Founder of the Year
Nathan Blecharczyk, Brian Chesky, Joe Gebbia (Airbnb)
Kevin and Julia Hartz (Eventbrite)
Elon Musk (SpaceX, Tesla)
Kevin Systrom (Instagram)
Nir Zuk (Palo Alto Networks)
CEO of the Year
Dick Costolo (Twitter)
Phil Libin (Evernote)
Marissa Mayer (Yahoo!)
Larry Page (Google)
Mark Zuckerberg (Facebook)
Best New Startup of 2012
Coursera
Crowdtilt
Lyft
Snapchat
Waze
Best Overall Startup of 2012
Fab
Github
Instagram
Palantir
Square
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