I think it's ironic 37Signals is listed under the Best Enterprise category.
Agreed. Context for anyone that may have missed it:
Crunchies Winners: Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010
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#22These would have been far more interesting if they focused on newer, less established companies and products. Everyone already knows exactly what Twitter, Facebook, and the iPad are and no one cares if they win awards.
One wonders if General Motors qualifies as a startup or product by their definition. They've put out a cool piece of technology (the Volt) even.
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#23Awards for startups seem silly http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzPfKI4b-dg#t=4m27s
"And then all of a sudden some strange phenomenon occurs in a corner."
That give me hope. :)
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#24Doesn't it seem somewhat passe to give the award to someone as well-established as Twitter?
Just as much I guess as giving a Person of the Year award to a guy who's startup hit the mainstream years ago.
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#25I'm sorry, but WHAT?!?!
1) They are not a startup. They're over 4 years old. They have officially passed the starting phase
2) They have not monetized since graduating into the big boy businesses phase. Riding the coattails of VC's for years with no clear plan to reach profitability is not business
3) They are instable as hell. They crash nearly everyday, with millions of dollars in the bank, hundreds of engineers working for them, and 4 years of development under their belt, and they have a frickin meme because of how instable they are
4) They've stopped innovating. Nothing new has come from twitter in the last 2+ years other than their API. 140 character messages, we get it.
Blatant buzz word fanboyism is still running amok apparently.
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#26These would have been far more interesting if they focused on newer, less established companies and products. Everyone already knows exactly what Twitter, Facebook, and the iPad are and no one cares if they win awards.
There were separate categories for "best new startup or product" (winner: Quora) and "best overall product or startup". I personally agree that the best new startup is more interesting and would make a better headline for the announcement.
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#27These would have been far more interesting if they focused on newer, less established companies and products. Everyone already knows exactly what Twitter, Facebook, and the iPad are and no one cares if they win awards.
Techcrunch is about fostering and nurturing the growth of Arringtons ego. If he can focus on all the people who really do technology and are already successful, then he can feel like he is important and part of the scene.
Just like how he invited himself to the angelgate meetings and was greeting with a nice helping of "please god, not this fucking guy" yet referred to all of them as his "close friends"
Sure Disrupt is a good platform for startups and tech to launch, but seriously looking at the quality of their hosts, and all the article after article postings on TC that are riddled with mistakes, spelling errors, grammar errors etc, one cant take them too seriously.
It is ego factory, nothing more.
Re: Crunchies Winners: Twitter Takes Best Startup Of 2010
#28I'm sorry, but WHAT?!?! 1) They are not a startup. They're over 4 years old. They have officially passed the starting phase 2) They have not monetized since graduating into the big boy businesses phase. Riding the coattails of VC's for years with no clear plan to reach profitability is not business 3) They are instable as hell. They crash nearly everyday, with millions of dollars in the bank, hundreds of engineers wo…
I'm going to do something I dislike and play devil's advocate. You're not the only one here saying that Twitter is no startup, and while I agree with that assessment to a certain extent, you've pretty much described a startup with your points. A startup is no longer considered being a startup if they become profitable (twitter isn't), is acquired or merges into another entity (twitter hasn't) or becomes public (which twitter hasn't either).
Is twitter a startup? Yes. Would giving the prize to some other company be more interesting? Definitely. These competitions are often not fair, but honestly, who are we to judge?
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#29Kinect didn't win best device? How disappointing, since it was the only actually novel thing on there.
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#30and second place went to Microsoft
I hear IBM came third. (At 99 years old they squeaked in). They almost had as much revenue as Apple in 2010. Nintendo (at 123 years old) is no longer a startup and is no longer eligible.
Damn you, sir! You sent me on an awesome trip looking around for the oldest companies.
Few are older than a few centuries, most are Japanese (others are European), small and restaurants, hotels or breweries. All are fascinating.