Media Stories
Over the past twenty plus years Doug Hall, founder of Eureka! Ranch and creator of Innovation Engineering has been blessed with incredible support from the news media. Below you will find a collection of stories about Doug, the Eureka! Ranch, the University of Maine's Foster Center for Student Innovation and the path that has lead to where Innovation Engineering is today. As well as articles written by Doug Hall as a guest writer for Business Week and his nationally syndicated radio show, Brain Brew Radio.
Media StoriesWall Street JournalNew York TimesUSA TodayIdea guru helps work kinks out of others' creations, Part clown, part genius
Increase Your Rate of Success Inc. Magazine
CIOCNNFortune Small BusinessEntrepreneur Magazine
The Cincinnati Business CourierCincinnati MagazineCincyMaineBiz
Portland Press HeraldBangor Daily News
Morning Sentinel
Management Consulting NewsInventor's DigestIEEE Spectrum |
BusinessWeek Articles by Doug HallThe Kids Are All Right
Doug Hall does a stint at the University of Maine—and emerges awestruck and inspired by the students' capabilities Wringing Maximum Dollars Out of Innovation A study reveals the three steps that help innovative entrepreneurs actually turn their good ideas into dollars New Inventions with Big Potential The U.S. Commerce Dept.'s NIST/MEP Network offers great product ideas whose savvy inventors need backing. Here's a look at a few of my favorites Predicting Radical Innovation Success Why companies that focus on pioneering rather than incremental innovations are more likely to be successful Find A Strategic Partner If you want to develop an innovative product or service, it pays to look outside your company How to Build Trust in Your Business Customers need a reason to believe in your company. Here's how to woo skeptics Inventors, Pick Your Industry The biggest royalties come from the most profitable fields, such as finance, computer software, music, movies, and, uh, tortilla making Five Ways to Increase Profit Margins If your profit margins aren't rising, chances are your company isn't thriving. Here are five solutions to the problem Getting the Most from Your Suppliers Your supply chain should always be a two-way street. Make the most of it How to Have More Fun You'll have more fun and make more money if you enjoy your customers What's for Launch? Figuring out whether to go ahead with that new product Jump Start: Perceiving Is Believing Building value puts you in good stead with customers Green Opportunities Helping the environment can help your business, too What Reality TV Taught Me O.K., it's tv. but dig down and you'll uncover valid business lessons Fail Fast, Fail Cheap Get your idea into the marketplace, and learn from customers What's in It for Customers? Be clear about what your product can do Ideas To Grow On Companies that give themselves more choices benefit in many ways I Can See Clearly Now When focus is sharp at the top, great results follow One, Two, One, Two... Exercising your way to better (business) health A Perfect Brainstorm The three-part equation that supercharges big-idea generation The Customer Is Clueless Truly innovative outfits give 'em what they don't know they want |
