Doug Hall

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Doug Hall is an inventor most known for his appearance on the ABC television series American Inventor.

Doug began his inventing career at age 12, inventing and selling a line of magic and juggling kits. After earning a chemical engineering degree from the University of Maine he joined Procter & Gamble where he rose to the rank of Master Marketing Inventor - inventing and shipping a record 9 innovations in 12 months.

Doug is the founder and CEO of the Eureka! Ranch located in Cincinnati with offices in London, UK and Monterrey, Mexico. The Ranch is an “invention & research think tank” that specializes in creating new products and services for corporate clients such as American Express, Ford, Nike and Walt Disney.

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[edit] Merwyn Technology

The R&D team of Eureka Ranch have developed an AI system called Merwyn Technology. This system is used to evaluate abstract ideas before additional effort is used to substantiate it. The system was named after Doug's father Merwyn Bradford Hall, who always hated the name Merwyn.

[edit] Books

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  • Jump Start Your Brain with David Wecker (Time Warner, 1995)
  • Maverick Mindset with David Wecker (Simon & Schuster, 1997)
  • Jump Start Your BUSINESS Brain (Emmis Books, 2001)
  • Jump Start Your MARKETING Brain (Emmis Books, 2005)

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