It’s that time of the year – the crunchies winners have been announced. Congratulations to all the winners – they’re changing the world
I wrote about this, disclosing my votes and giving predictions. I did rather well – in the categories I voted for either my prediction or my vote won 75% of the time. Here’s my scorecard.
| Best Technology Achievement | ||
| Winner | Bitcoin It’s been all over the news, all over the world. It’s probably the most successful crypto currency we’ve seen, and it challenges the foundation of the financial industry. |
Prediction |
| Best Collaborative Consumption Service | ||
| Winner | Airbnb The accommodation service that lets individuals rent out their spare room. The service continues to grow, and this year they’ve launched a couple of innovative ads including the first commercial crowd-sourced vine. |
Prediction and vote |
| Best E-Commerce Application | ||
| Winner | Wanelo | Zero (although the runner up did get my vote) |
| Best Mobile Application | ||
| Winner | Snapchat The service of disappearing messages, a favourite of the cool kids, messages are only available to the recipient for 1-10 seconds. |
Prediction |
| Fastest Rising Startup | ||
| Winner | Upworthy The content collator/publisher that focuses on spreading videos and other content on the “stuff that matters”. Their content is well-shared across facebook, twitter and tumblr. |
Prediction |
| Best Design | ||
| Winner | Pencil, by 53 It appeals to my inner stationery geek. |
my vote |
| Sexiest Enterprise Startup | ||
| Winner | Zendesk Customer communication through collaboration, let your team solve customer questions from all sources in one place. |
My vote |
| Best International Startup | ||
| Winner | Waze | Zero (although the runner up did get my vote) |
| Best Hardware Startup | ||
| Winner | Oculus VR 3D gaming, geek heaven. I am not a gamer, but I can see that this transforms the game experience, for all games. |
Prediction |
| Biggest Social Impact |
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| Winner | Edward Snowden’s NSA Revelations It forced lawmakers, companies and consumers to think about how we regard privacy. It scared a lot of people who hadn’t thought about how far data surveillance could go. The full impact is still unfurling. |
Prediction |
| Best CEO of the year |
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| Winner | Dick Costolo (Twitter) | Zero |
| Best Overall Startup of 2013 | ||
| Winner | Kickstarter I get a kick out of seeing the great ideas – and having a chance to support them. Their funding enabled some of the other nominees to get started. |
Prediction |
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