Episode 174: All Thats New on the Web

Episode 174 originally broadcast on October 04, 2008

The School of Business for October 4, 2008

Russ and John present the show about those who most positively affect our lives - the engines of our economy. Includes: BusinessMakers Quote of the Week - words of wisdom from writer-director Woody Allen; This Week in Business History touches on such intriguing topics as whale blubber, train robberies, McDonald's, Sputnik and the Malibu Meteorite; Navigating Business Jargon - acronyms, technospeak and disclaimers that sometimes make John a Loser; and Dumbest Moments in Business History - a Spokane bank refuses to pay parking.

Pete Cashmore of Mashable

Pete Cashmore founded Mashable in a small town in the north of Scotland when he was 19 years old. Three years later, he gets 5 million page views a month and has one of the world’s largest blogs focused on, well, blogs. Erica O’Grady reports in from San Francisco with an interview with a young entrepreneur selected as a Top 25 Forbes Web Celeb in 2007; Mashable.com has been chosen as a must-read site by both Fast Company and PC Magazine.

Flashback - Pete Cashmore

Erica O'Grady interviews Pete Cashmore, founder of one of the world's most successful social networking blogs, Mashable. Cashmore describes the birth of Mashable and its growth into a worldwide site with 5 million page views a month.