Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmore
Pete Cashmoreis the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable, a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He grew up in Banchory, and founded Mashable in Aberdeen, Scotland in 2005 at age 19...
NationalityScottish
ProfessionEntrepreneur
Date of Birth18 September 1985
along exciting good people plan steps
I'm very much a creative person, but you've got to do the follow-through. A lot of people start out with an exciting thing and they want to take over the world, but really the people who do take over the world have a good plan of how to get there and the steps along the way.
motivational way hard
I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.
marketing execution shapes
Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not.
challenges lines bed
The Internet was appealing partly because it was something I could do in bed and feel like I was achieving something. I had an operation when I was 13 and ended up with complications, so I was in and out of the hospital. The bottom line is you can get through health challenges. It's part of why I was so driven.
internet compelling ifs
If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.
two people events
Now, two things happen. One is, people know people, whether that's on Facebook or Twitter. They feel closer to the event. Secondly, people see other people doing something about it.