Monday, September 20, 2010

Interview: Steve Potash, CEO of OverDrive

cleveland.com: "The former defense lawyer with a penchant for computer technology oversees a fast-growing digital-media company. OverDrive distributes more than 100,000 digital books, audio books, music titles and videos to a network of 6,000-plus libraries and online retail websites. ... "

Potash: "All of us are consumers, and we're in a consumer-driven market, so having a young team [is important]. We recruit and hire a lot of talent off college campuses. We're at the point in time -- thanks to Amazon and Kindle, Apple and iPad and Barnes & Noble and the Nook and iPods and iPhones -- that I don't have a lot of explaining to do to get someone to see the opportunity they have in joining our team and being part of an evolving marketplace. We're attracting folks who have a passion to be part of that change."