Episode 74: Bringing a New Life to Sports Content

Zack Weiner joins Joe and Tom this week for a conversation on his widely successful app Overtime. Zack is the CoFounder of Overtime, a cross-platform tech startup that's redefining high school and amateur sports through video. Overtime reaches tens of millions of athletes and fans each month. Zack runs Business Development and helped launched Overtime within WME | IMG and recently secure investments from David Stern, Greycroft Ventures, 645 Ventures, and other leading VC firms. Prior to Overtime, Zack founded the The Sports Quotient and grew the team to 150+ college sportswriters within 2 years. Born and raised in NYC, Zack graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a degree in Economics.

Zack tells us the story of Overtime from its genesis to getting investments from people like David Stern. Zack also talks about his life story and he shares some powerful advice for people in the sports biz. Be sure to follow Overtime on Twitter @overtime

The Facts

The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports Our presenters are Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson