Pete Cashmore quotes

Pete Cashmore is a Scottish entrepreneur and the founder of Mashable, a popular digital media website. Known for his innovative thinking and keen insights into the ever-changing world of technology, Cashmore has become a leading figure in the tech industry. With a passion for all things digital, he has built a strong online presence and has inspired countless individuals to embrace the power of social media. Follow Pete Cashmore for the latest tech news and trends in the digital world.

We are really competing against ourselves, we have no control over how other people perform.

- Pete Cashmore

Privacy is dead, and social media holds the smoking gun.

- Pete Cashmore

You need space to try things and create. It takes a long time to recalibrate if you let people pull at you all the time. A lot of stress comes from reacting to stuff. You have to keep a certain guard up, if you're a creative person.

- Pete Cashmore

You just want to be judged against everyone fairly.

- Pete Cashmore

You have a responsibility when you have a large community.

- Pete Cashmore

What I'm interested in are tools that can assist people to do the things they're really good at.

- Pete Cashmore

We're living at a time when attention is the new currency: With hundreds of TV channels, billions of Web sites, podcasts, radio shows, music downloads and social networking, our attention is more fragmented than ever before.

- Pete Cashmore

We are all more connected than ever. That connectivity builds tolerance.

- Pete Cashmore

Those who insert themselves into as many channels as possible look set to capture the most value. They'll be the richest, the most successful, the most connected, capable and influential among us. We're all publishers now, and the more we publish, the more valuable connections we'll make.

- Pete Cashmore

The talent that has to be learned is finding out what someone's passion is and setting them up to realize that. You don't get the best work from people if you're guiding them versus them guiding themselves.

- Pete Cashmore

The more people you know from different backgrounds, the more tolerant you feel of different ways of living, and the closer you feel to the issues that those people have.

- Pete Cashmore

That’s really been my passion: to communicate to a broad audience why the technology matters for you.

- Pete Cashmore

Talk to people no one else is talking to.

- Pete Cashmore

My dad is good at sticking with stuff and he has a strong work ethic, which is imbued in me. Growing up, he would constantly ask what I was doing and was I achieving anything.

- Pete Cashmore

Long-term goals are dangerous. They limit you. They hinder you from reacting to new conditions.

- Pete Cashmore

Keep investing, keep investing.

- Pete Cashmore

If it doesn't come through the Internet, it's not really compelling to me.

- Pete Cashmore

I’m sure entrepreneurialism can be learned, but for a lot of entrepreneurs it seems to come from their character or early, early experiences. Personally, I’m just not good at obeying authority figures.

- Pete Cashmore

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.

- Pete Cashmore

I think you're going to see tech bringing efficiencies to businesses that aren't pure tech.

- Pete Cashmore

I think there’s a huge advantage to those who are early adopters on any platform.

- Pete Cashmore

I kept my age quiet for a good few years. I didn't see it as a positive. I worked remotely, so I just didn't tell people.

- Pete Cashmore

I find it best to dive right in and learn the hard way.

- Pete Cashmore

I don’t want to be normal. I want to be something else.

- Pete Cashmore

I don’t have any personal challenges about throwing away the past. If you’re not changing, you’re giving others a chance to catch up.

- Pete Cashmore

I don't have a TV or watch movies. I don't like to be broadcast to, I want to participate.

- Pete Cashmore

Expose yourself to as much randomness as possible.

- Pete Cashmore

Execution really shapes whether your company takes off or not.

- Pete Cashmore

Creating the future is incredibly exciting. When you talk about ideas and creativity, it's really about having that vision in your mind of how the world could be better, of how it could be a brighter place.

- Pete Cashmore

Always, in your career and personal life, be evolving with technology.

- Pete Cashmore