Meteorologist, entrenpreneur, founder of WeatherNation LLC, NoozMe LLC, co-founder of Singular Logic LLC
Greater Minneapolis-St. Paul Area
- Current
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- Co-Founder at Singular Logic
- Founder, President at WeatherNation, NoozMe
- Past
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- Meteorologist at WBBM
- Education
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- Penn State
- Connections
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67
connections
- Industry
- Internet
- Websites
Paul Douglas’s Summary
My goal is to monetize my passion: meteorology, but starting companies that make the weather experience more accessible and enjoyable. I helped to launch EarthWatch 3-D weather graphics in 1990, licensing software to TV stations worldwide.Steven Spielberg used EarthWatch software in "Jurassic Park" and "Twister". Following the sale of EarthWatch in 1997 I started up Digital Cyclone, hoping to personalize weather forecasts and displays on the web and mobile devices. That business was sold to Garmin, Inc. in January of 2007. Currently I am starting up Singular Logic, a patent holding company. Our goal is to reinvent news and advertising on the web. I worked for 11 years at WCCO-TV in Minneapolis. Now I'm focused on 4 Internet start-ups. I am Director of Meteorology for La Crosse Technology, excited about their new web site and powerful, wireless, handheld information-tablet, "Weather Direct". This summer we launch WeatherNation, syndicating, "central-casting" weather reports for web sites, cable channels and broadcasters from a new studio in the western suburbs of the Twin Cities. NoozMe LLC will attempt to capitalize on Singular Logic's pending patents, offering up a new approach to news and advertising as we build out a portal and attempt to vaidate the business model. In addition I try to make monthly appearances on Public TV, KTCA's "Almanac" program, and update several blogs and web sites. I am heavily involved in climate change, speaking to schools and other non-profits, in addition to being active with the Boy Scouts, "SAVE" (Suicide Awareness, Voices of Education, a national suicide prevention outreach based in Bloomington) and on the board of the Minneapolis Planetarium.
Paul Douglas’s Specialties:
I enjoy visualizing and starting up companies related to weather and television news, trying to place bets for emerging technology and services before they reach a critical mass in the marketplace. The goal is to carve out specific niches and aggressively pursue patents for very specific technologies that have sustainable business models.
Paul Douglas’s Experience
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Co-Founder
Singular Logic
(Privately Held; Internet industry)
February 2007 — Present (1 year 4 months)
Singular Logic LLC is a privately held patent company. I've teamed with 2 of the most accomplished patent attorneys in the nation in an attempt to lock up potentially valuable intellectual property related to new media, news and a potentially revolutionary new approach to advertising. The ideas launched at Singular Logic will ultimately be validated in a parallel start-up, NoozMe LLC, also based in the Twin Cities.
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Founder, President
WeatherNation, NoozMe
(Public Company; Internet industry)
January 2007 — Present (1 year 5 months)
WeatherNation LLC is focused on syndicating weather content, via the internet, to web sites, cable channels and television broadcasters nationwide trying to trim margins and save money, without cutting into the quality of their video-based weather programming. NoozMe LLC is attempting to prove out the business model of Singular Logic's patent portfolio, reinventing the concept of news and advertising on the internet.
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Meteorologist
WBBM
(Internet industry)
1994 — 1996 (2 years)
Paul Douglas’s Education
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Penn State
B.S., Meteorology, 1976 — 1980
Additional Information
Paul Douglas’s Websites:
Paul Douglas’s Interests:
Technology, writing, philosophy, travel, climate change, collector cars, time pieces, skiing, camping, investing & finance, philanthropy
Paul Douglas’s Groups:
American Meteorological Society
Penn State Alumni Club
Boy Scouts of America
Memorial Blood Center
SAVE, suicide awareness, voices of education
Minneapolis Planetarium
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WEATHERAmerica member
Paul Douglas’s Honors:
CBM, certified broadcast meteorologist
Seal of Approval, AMS, American Meteorological Society
Local Emmy, Best Newscast (WCCO-TV)
Tekne Award
Penn State Distinguished Alumni Award
