January 19, 2008

2007 Crunchies Party Report: Brotherly Love And A Guy Who Wears Sunglasses At Night

Duncan Riley

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Our last Crunchies report for the night until we get the various recorded segments from the official Crunchies archivists Revision 3 (you can see the archived live stream when its available from Mogulus here).

Brevity was the soul of wit tonight with the awards ceremony staying at around 2 hours, exactly as planned, and a decent effort considering there was 20 awards given out tonight. Read the full list of Crunchies winners here.

After the event Award attendees, those that couldn’t get tickets to the main event, and a couple of gatecrashers moved upstairs at the Herbst Theatre to drink beer from metal bottles and mingle with the many startups in attendance.

If you’re not interested, don’t click the “read the rest of this entry” button you’ll see if you’re reading this post on the front page, but some photos from the party as follows, including how Valleywag sneaks up on people for a shot. Also check out the Crunchies on Flickr here for more photos.

We knew Paul Boutin from Valleywag was coming, but it didn’t stop him sneaking up behind Michael and posing for shots before Michael knew he was there. BTW Paul, WTF with the sunglasses?

“He’s still not noticing me, get some more pics of me and his back!”

Happy to see you

OK, now he definitely thinks he’s Bono

Just after landing a kiss

Some non-Valleywag pics, first up, I guy I’ve been reading for years but only had the chance to meet tonight, Jeremy Schoemaker of Shoemoney fame. As good a bloke in person as he comes across on his blog:

And now for some random pics:

Sphere It

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颁奖啦

January 19th, 2008 at 7:46 am

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Everett

January 19th, 2008 at 1:23 am

I was looking forward to meeting Michael, Duncan, and Erick… unfortunately that chance didn’t come Here are my photos to share… http://www.helluvajob.com/sboj.....ageIndex=0
Hulu Me winner, me got ceo

January 19th, 2008 at 1:54 am

looks like a GREAT night for the losers
Michael Vu

January 19th, 2008 at 2:03 am

Pictures look like it was a fun-filled night. Hope to be able to attend one someday…
Alex

January 19th, 2008 at 2:05 am

Great job guys! Without question a great deal of work went into the entire show. I caught myself watching 30 minutes of the streaming show on a Friday night. I even saw it on the 10:00 news.

Overall the live streaming is only getting better with time. But, some lucky company out there will figure out a better way to deliver a picture. Nevertheless, great job! Traditional media companies are dead in the water. NO JOKE.

Fake Steve Jobs was hilarious!

Cheers!
Dr. Ethiopia

January 19th, 2008 at 3:08 am

http://www.abesha.wordpress.com

Me too Alex.
Search◊ Engines Web

January 19th, 2008 at 3:47 am

Geez…

Looks like those Silicon Valley tech events could use a dose of multi-culturalism besides the two or three faces that were chosen for the photos.

It looks the same at almost every event - even down to the limited age ranges of guests

One interesting thing about the women - they are successful, confident techies who do not feel the need to be blonde haired like half the 20s 30s crowd does.
Duncan Riley

January 19th, 2008 at 4:03 am

Search◊ Engines Web

I didn’t get as many shots as I’d like, but I can assure you, that there was a good mix, at least who I spoke to, that wise
Rajeev

January 19th, 2008 at 4:05 am

Really useful information.

http://tekno-world.blogspot.com
Jason McIntyre

January 19th, 2008 at 4:09 am

Hey congrats guys - great production.

Lucky the speech writers are on strike (otherwise it would have gone overtime).
Miley Cyrus

January 19th, 2008 at 4:41 am

party like it’s 2007!
Edward

January 19th, 2008 at 5:45 am

Seems like you guys are having great fun over there, congrats for all the winners!
Technicle

January 19th, 2008 at 6:50 am

It’s great for TC to say yes re Zoho, while leaving somebody a chance to say nay.. that way, the cycle is perfected — and this media respectable (to date)..
ch

January 19th, 2008 at 7:04 am

What a bunch of freaking wanna-be tools. talk about a “me-too” event.
Nice shirt Mike.
Technicle

January 19th, 2008 at 7:34 am

@12 - oops, wrong section.. should go to http://www.techcrunch.com/2008.....he-winners comments, in particular, in response to that @30 there.. consider this one retracted.
yongfook

January 19th, 2008 at 7:38 am

has Michael A lost weight?
Hasan Luongo

January 19th, 2008 at 9:06 am

this was a blast - nicely done all around - the richter scales rocked and it was fun to meet a lot of the people you see and read about on TC/OM/RWW.

Even my wife had a blast - great night and looking forward to being one the nominees/winners next year!
Amit Chowdhry

January 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am

Any plans on posting the Richter Scales live performance on TC?
Canye

January 19th, 2008 at 10:12 am

I went to the event and was really disappointed. I’ve been to the TC parties at August Capital and this event doesn’t compare and I had to pay $40.

Michael, you really need to pay someone who can organize better parties. The awards were not the draw for the attendees, it was really the reception that followed. Two hours of awards was really too long and boring. The panel in the middle of the event really sucked and no one understood the point of it. Also, if I’m going to pay money, it would be nice to have some real food at the event rather than desset snacks.

I did have an ok time, but was bummed that the event to live to the expectations. Go back to the drawing board and improve the event next year.
ZiZi

January 19th, 2008 at 10:35 am

@18
not sure what you were expecting 900 nerds packed in one big room.
Bokon Too Koonet

January 19th, 2008 at 10:55 am

@18

Must be the girl in the last pic
Troll

January 19th, 2008 at 10:59 am

lol - who is that guy in shades, acting like big-time celeb…big grin, energy, and all
Jesse Tayler

January 19th, 2008 at 11:40 am

Hey, that was a great show! Of course, we didn’t win anything so, it could have been better…

Here’s a quick post about it — enjoy!

http://socialblogworking.com/p.....10559d0f20
Alex

January 19th, 2008 at 11:52 am

Good event, but the pictures suck. Let me know if you guys ever need a photographer.
Steven

January 19th, 2008 at 12:09 pm

3rd picture from the bottom - the guy in the black jacket has a bulls eye logo revealing itself. Trying to figure out what company that would be but can’t remember. Anyone has a clue?
george

January 19th, 2008 at 12:42 pm

Let me be honest
Michaeal Arrington has no personality whatsoever
He runs a great blog….
But for christ sake please stop publishing pictures and showcasing this guy…. please………..
paraskevi

January 19th, 2008 at 2:01 pm

i liked the sweets!!
Alex

January 19th, 2008 at 5:06 pm

Steven: I think that is the ZKOUT logo… SF startup in mobile space.
David Mackey

January 19th, 2008 at 8:50 pm

Looks like fun. Maybe next year.
The Simon George fund

January 21st, 2008 at 8:03 am

He definitely thinks he’s Bono!

http://simongeorgeinc.googlepages.com
Bali

January 21st, 2008 at 12:24 pm

Congratulations to the winners
Erick

January 22nd, 2008 at 9:06 pm

No offense, but this seems like a self fellating b.s.

Hi! Let me introduce us, we are tech startups from outside the valley. Dont be afraid of us, we don’t bite. We even make some useful technology and services.