North Pole Tenderfoot
A Rookie Goes on a North Pole Expedition Following in Admiral Peary's Footsteps
Why would Doug Hall follow in Robert Peary's 1909 sled tracks to the North Pole, despite the grueling terrain and temperatures between 15 and 62 degrees below zero? His goal was to resurrect the spirit of Peary's journey in a world increasingly driven by instant gratification, short term business focus, and lack of sustained dedication to great causes. Peary succeeded where some 578 expeditions before him had failed. North Pole Tenderfoot is Doug's attempt to let the reader experience what is possible when one does what Peary did: think big.
Doug Hall is founder and CEO of Eureka! Ranch International, Merwyn Research, and Planet Eureka! Innovation Marketplace. All three organizations help companies use innovation to accelerate profitable growth. Doug began his entrepreneurial career at the age of twelve producing and marketing a line of magic and juggling kits. After earning a degree in chemical engineering he spent ten years at Procter & Gamble where he rose to the rank of Master Marketing Inventor and shipped a record nine new business initiatives in twelve months. Doug is the author of four business books including Jump Start Your Business Brain, named one of the one hundred best business books of all time by business book expert Jack Covert. Media appearances include: co-host of Brain Brew Radio on Public Radio International, Truth Teller Judge on ABC TV’s American Inventor, plus feature stories on NBC, CNBC, CNN, CBS, NPR, and CBC. 334 North Pole Tenderfoot Doug serves on a number of boards and has been recognized with honorary doctorates from the University of Maine
and the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Dateline NBC described Doug as “an eccentric entrepreneur who just might have what we’ve all been looking for...the happy secret to success.” Ellen Guidera, Walt Disney Company Vice President said of Doug, “When Doug meets Disney, creativity ne’er wanes; our team explodes when he ‘Jump Starts Our Brains!’” Doug and his high school sweetheart, Debbie, have three grown children. They split their time between Cincinnati, Ohio, and Springbrook, Prince Edward Island, Canada, enjoying bagpipe music, Scotch whisky, Malpeque oysters, kayaking, and cross-country skiing. In 1999, Doug turned an expedition to the North Pole into a fundraising effort for Great Aspirations!, a nonprofit organization he founded to help parents inspire their children. The story of that adventure became this book, North Pole Tenderfoot.
