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University of Maine  - Doug Hall  
Commencement Address - May 10, 2008

President Kennedy, Faculty and 2008 Graduates, thank you for giving me the honor to speak to you on this special day.           My talk is dedicated to the memory of my mom Jean Hall and my Grandmother Hazel Hall both proud graduates of this great University.   I am sure that somewhere in heaven they are busting with pride at this very moment.  

This week Doug and David discuss "What really drives success in the area of Innovation"

This week Doug and David discuss Entrepreneurial Success and the need for an Entrepreneurial Approach.

This week Doug and David discuss: "Why money doesn't matter... and why you should never, ever, give up"

This week Doug and David discuss research around the effects of Readability, Line length and Usability in your text-based communications with your audience.

This week Doug talks to Bill Small from MMTC West - The MEP center for western Michigan about how to use your supply chain - your vendors and suppliers to help you think smarter about innovation. Bill has pioneered bringing together Big Companies with their smaller suppliers. It's a powerful concept that all companies large and small can use to accelerate their growth.

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This week you'll hear...

Within the next week or so we will be announcing a new service where we purchase inventions on behalf of clients.

The idea for this service has been a long time in coming.

It grew out of my time as judge on American Inventor.

IT IS NOT an invention promotion company - rather we will be INVENTION BUYERS

What has happened is that Eureka! Ranch clients have in effect outsourced the cleaning, screening and licensing of inventions to us.

Doug

If you have a question that you think that I can help with - or the community of viewers of this web site can help with post it here. And we'll get back to you.

Doug

During April of 1999 - at 90 Degrees North (the North Pole) a dream was born. A dream to translate what we'd learned working with the world's smartest corporate executives into a program that could help real world entrepreneurs. To "give back" what I'd learned to help others turn their entrepeneurial dreams into reality.