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Patrick Spain, Former CEO, Hoover’s

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Patrick Spain (former CEO, Hoover’s; Former CEO and Founder, HighBeam; Chairman of the Board, Newser LLC) sits down to talk about the process of launching, growing and selling HighBeam to Gale/Cengage all in the span of 6 years.

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Patrick Spain, Former CEO, Hoover’s; Former CEO and Founder, HighBeam; Chairman of the Board, Newser LLC
Robert Jordan, Author, How They Did It: Billion Dollar Insights from the Heart of America

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