ACG Cleveland & Promise Partners Present a Fireside Chat with Steve Potash, Founder of OverDrive

ACG & Promise Partners present Steve Potash of OverDrive

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When:

March 4, 2021 4 PM - 5:30 PM EST

Where:

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Virtual - Zoom

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Join ACG Cleveland, in partnership with Promise Partners, for an engaging conversation with Steve Potash, President and CEO of OverDrive, Inc., a company he founded in 1986.

Headquartered in Cleveland, OverDrive is the world's leading digital reading platform for ebooks, audiobooks, and other digital media for libraries, schools, colleges, government agencies, and corporate learning centers. It has over 400 employees and operates in over 80 countries. In 2020, OverDrive was acquired by New York private equity firm KKR.

Steve is a lifelong entrepreneur and has led the sale of OverDrive twice before during its growth. He'll talk with us about his preparation, the founding of the business, its growth, transactions, and lessons he has learned.

OverDrive's Angela Arnold will lead the Fireside Chat with Steve Potash. This event will be facilitated by Steve Bouchard of XCHANGE, an organization that designs and leads in-person and online experiences. This will be an interactive and collaborative session, with an opportunity to engage in small group conversations at the beginning of the event. We ask that you join fully engaged and present, for end-to-end attendance, with the video and audio enabled on your device.

Speakers

Steve Potash

OverDrive

Founder & CEO at OverDrive, Inc.

Steve Potash is President and Chief Executive Officer of OverDrive, a company that he founded in 1986. He also serves on its Board of Directors. Under his leadership, OverDrive has become the leading digital reading platform for ebooks, audiobooks and other digital media for libraries, schools, government agencies, corporate learning centers and colleges and universities worldwide. Under his leadership, OverDrive became a Certified B Corp and mission-based company whose vision is a "World Enlightened by Reading".

The Steve & Loree Potash Family Foundation funds literacy programs through www.believeinreading.org. While practicing law, prior to starting OverDrive, he also served as Special Counsel to the Ohio Attorney General, served as an acting Municipal Judge, and authored technology columns for the American Bar Association Journal. He was admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court in 2019.

Steve has a bachelor’s degree in journalism from The Ohio State University and earned his J.D. at the Cleveland-Marshall College of Law.

Moderator: Angela Arnold

OverDrive

General Manager, Education

Angela leads OverDrive's Education division. This group of innovative sales stars, savvy librarians, and passionate account managers delivers Sora, the student reading app. As a seasoned B2B and B2C demand generation marketer and sales enablement specialist, she brings years of experience helping brands optimize their sales operations, hone their product marketing, and streamline channel sales. Prior to a lengthy career as a marketer and consultant, Angela earned her Master of Science in Information degree from the University of Michigan and worked as a public librarian. Today, she works to realize OverDrive's mission of "a world enlightened by reading."

Hosted by: ACG

Chapter

Cleveland

Event Materials

The link to the Zoom webinar will be sent to all registered attendees 24 hours before the webinar begins.

Event Pricing

Members (ACG & Promise Partners) : Free Event Registration
Non-Members: $25 Event Registration

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