Pete Cashmore Quotes

You just want to be judged against everyone fairly.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.