Motivational Speakers

Paul Douglas is a nationally-known and respected TV meteorologist and serial entrepreneur, founder of 6 companies in the last 20 years. His previous company, Digital Cyclone, was the first high-tech business to put a software application on a cell phone (2001). In 2007 Douglas sold Digital Cyclone to Garmin for $45 million. Inventor of “EarthWatch” in 1991, Douglas received a patent on the world’s first 3-D weather graphics technology, licensed to hundreds of TV stations worldwide, used by Steven Spielberg in the movies “Jurassic Park” and “Twister.” Currently Douglas is launching 3 new Internet-related companies: WeatherNation LLC (10 meteorologists working from 3 HD studios in Excelsior to deliver weather content to media clients and weather-sensitive companies), Smart Energy LLC (high-resolution forecasts for wind farms, utilities and energy traders), and Singular Logic LLC (ad-decision technology that ultimately allows consumers to choose the kinds of advertisements they’re willing to watch). Douglas spent 30 years in the broadcast industry, including appearances on “Nightline” with Ted Koppel and the CBS Evening News. He has chased tornadoes in Oklahoma, flown into hurricanes, and talked about his passion: weather and entrepreneurialism, to thousands of groups and organizations since 1980. Author of “Restless Skies, the Ultimate Weather Book” for Barnes and Noble, Paul enjoys writing, traveling, and encouraging individuals to follow their dreams and launch their own businesses, as well as reaching out to companies and showing them how they can encourage “intra-prenurial” thought within their own organizations – critical skills for a fast-changing, increasingly challenging business world.