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Patrick Spain leads Newser, the news curation service he co-founded, and co-founded virtual care provider First Stop Health. He previously founded HighBeam Research and helped build Hoover’s from a business book publisher into a public online company information service.
Patrick Spain leads Newser, the news curation service he co-founded, and co-founded virtual care provider First Stop Health. He previously founded HighBeam Research and helped build Hoover’s from a business book publisher into a public online company information service.
Career
Patrick Spain holds a BA, Ancient Roman History (1974) from University of Chicago and a JD from Boston University.
NCo-founder & CEO at Newser until PresentCo-founded and leads the news curation service.
CAlumni Board Member at CommunityHealth until PresentServes on the Alumni Board following earlier service on the Board of Directors.
HRFounder, Chairman & CEO at HighBeam Research from 2002-08 to 2008-12Built the subscription research service originally known as Alacritude; sold to Gale, part of Cengage Learning, in December 2008.
HCo-founder & Board Member at Hoover's until 2003Previously CEO from 1992 to May 2001, then executive and non-executive chairman; continued on the board through the 2003 sale to Dun & Bradstreet.
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