Thousands of submissions later, the finalists for The Crunchies have been announced. It is time for you to vote and decide the winners. The Crunchies is a joint effort of GigaOM, TechCrunch, ReadWriteWeb and VentureBeat.

You can visit the Vote Crunchies site and decide which is the best start-up, the best founder and the best CEO amongst many different categories. The winners will be announced at a gala awards ceremony at the Herbst Theater in San Francisco on January 18, 2008.