Lunch and Learn - Friday, March 18 with John Gadd

Friday, March 18
Grove Hill, 25 Pleasant Drive, CF
11:30 – 1:00 pm
$16 members; $26 nonmembers

Speaker: John Gadd of Hotcards
​Topic:  Successful Business Journey
Sponsored by:  COSE

An entrepreneur since his first neighborhood landscaping company at 10 years old – John has founded and co-founded multiple companies in the software, print and marketing industries. Currently, John is the President & CEO of Hotcards.com – an online design & printing company with multiple offices nationwide, which he and a group of investors acquired in 2012.  Hotcards printed over 10 billion square inches of paper last year. He is also Founder/President of Red Space, a prominent downtown Cleveland event venue. Throughout his career, John served as strategic counsel to C-level executives at Fortune 300 companies, and frequently speaks on the topics of entrepreneurship, marketing, customer obsession, and online printing. He serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Northeast Ohio and E CITY Lake County, The Chagrin Documentary Film Festival, Co-Chairs the Republican Party of Cuyahoga County Advocacy Council, was Co-Chair of Cleveland Rocks New Years Eve 2014/15 – and was named to Crain’s Cleveland prestigious 40 under 40 class of 2014, as well as Printing Impressions 20 under 40 class of 2014.

Grove Hill is opening for lunch just for us for this special event.  Join us for a delicious lunch from Grove Hill and learn about John Gadd's journey.