Josh Hannah is a webmaster of eHow

EHow

eHow is an online how-to guide with more than 1 million articles and 170,000 videos offering step-by-step instructions. eHow articles and videos are created by freelancers and cover a wide variety of topics organized into a hierarchy of categories. Any eHow user can leave comments or responses, but...

 and was instrumental in helping to provide the initial funding necessary for founding wikiHow

WikiHow

wikiHow is a web-based and wiki-based community, consisting of an extensive database of how-to guides. wikiHow's mission is to build the world's largest and highest quality how-to manual. The site started as an extension of the already existing eHow website, and has evolved to host over 127,000...

 by Jack Herrick

Jack Herrick

Jack Herrick is an American entrepreneur and wiki enthusiast. His entrepreneurial projects include wikiHow, eHow, Luminescent Technologies, and BigTray.In January 2005, Mr...

. In March 2004, Hannah and Herrick bought eHow from IdeaExchange. In 15 January 2005, inspired by Wikipedia

Wikipedia

Wikipedia is a free, web-based, collaborative, multilingual encyclopedia project supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Its 20 million articles have been written collaboratively by volunteers around the world. Almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone with access to the site,...

, Herrick and Hannah created wikiHow. The date was specifically selected as it marked Wikipedia's fourth anniversary. On May 1, 2006, Herrick and Hannah sold eHow, but not wikiHow, to Demand Media

Demand Media

Demand Media, Inc. is an online media company and content farm that operates online brands such as eHow, and Cracked, and is known for creating online content through its Demand Media Studios division based on a combination of measured consumer demand and predicted ROI...

. Hannah is no longer actively involved with wikiHow.