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.

In 2012 Cashmore made Time magazine's list of the 100 most influential people. Pete Cashmore was also crowned by INQ as the most influential Briton and most influential Twitter user in the world in 2009. 's "30 Under 30" Forbes' "Top 25 Web Celebs" and The Huffington Post's "Top 10 Game Changers 2009".

Pete Cashmore (born 18 September 1985) is the CEO and founder of the popular blog Mashable a Technorati Top 10 blog worldwide. He writes a weekly column on technology and social media at CNN. In 2009 Cashmore was recognized in Inc.