On ABC’s American Inventor, Doug Hall is the offbeat judge who’s walked across the stage barefoot (in jeans and a Hawaiian shirt) and who threw his support behind an aspiring inventor who eventually was picked by TV viewers as the show’s top winner.Not many of his viewers, though, know much about Hall’s day job. In the world of business, he’s long been known as a passionate guru of ideas, the founder of a corporate think tank called Eureka Ranch.
Hall doesn’t just create inventions and build businesses, though he’s done both; his specialty is inspiring other entrepreneurs and innovators. In 1986, Hall opened Eureka Ranch, based in Cincinnati. Today, with offices also in England and Mexico, he works with tiny companies and big corporations, helping to refine their ideas.
A few years ago, business magazine CIO summed Hall up this way: “a combination of Bill Gates, Ben Franklin and Bozo the Clown.”
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