Jeremy Gutsche
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| Born | 7 April 1978 |
| Occupation | Entrepreneur |
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Jeremy Gutsche (born April 7, 1978) is a Canadian innovation expert, author, "one of North America's most requested keynote speakers",[1] co-host of Trend Hunter TV and founder of TrendHunter.com. He is most well known for his role at TrendHunter.com, described by The Independent as "the world's biggest online cool hunting magazine".[2] At the end of 2008, Entrepreneur Magazine reported the community as having 20,000 members and 8,000,000 monthly views.[3]
Gutsche has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian,[4] an "Oracle" by the Globe and Mail[5] and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV.[6] He is frequently sourced by the media for his opinions on the next big thing, including The Economist,[7] Fox Business,[8] CBC News,[9] and Entertainment Tonight.[10][11]
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[edit] TrendHunter.com
In 2005, Gutsche launched Trend Hunter, an online trend community and series of trend publications. The community includes a global network of several thousand contributors that identify emerging micro-trends. These micro-trends are then published for an audience of several million monthly views, which provide the data for Trend Hunter's research. Categories include: pop culture, design, technology, fashion and art.
In 2008, Trend Hunter TV was launched, co-hosted by Jeremy Gutsche and Sandra Stinchcombe. The TV program features content provided by the Trend Hunter community members.
In 2011, Trend Hunter celebrated 500,000,000 total page views.[12]
[edit] Trend Hunter Research
In 2007, Gutsche launched Trend Hunter Research to leverage the viewership data and content insights from the TrendHunter.com community. Each week, Trend Hunter Research features the most popular micro-trends in weekly trend report read by journalists, entrepreneurs and marketers. In addition, professional trend research is produced for corporate clients.
[edit] Keynote Speaking
Jeremy Gutsche is a keynote speaker in the categories of innovation, strategy and marketing. He has spoken internationally at more than 180 events since 2008,[13], with a speaking career launched via his website, book, and large events like the 2010 World Education Congress, where he was the closing speaker for 3,500 meeting planners.[14]. He is best known for his Exploiting Chaos keynote, based on his similarly-titled book.[15]
[edit] Books
Gutsche's book, Exploiting Chaos: 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change, is a Gotham title (a Penguin Group subsidiary). Exploiting Chaos was released in September, 2009.[16] The book was named one of Inc Magazine's Best Books for Business Owners[17] and ranked #1 Most Popular at 800 CEO Read from September to December 2009.[18]
[edit] Honours
- 2011 Cisco Innovation Excellence Award[19]
- 2011 BDC Young Entrepreneur Award - Ontario[20]
- 2010 Axiom Business Book Award - Gold Medal in Success / Motivation[21]
- 2010 University of Calgary Graduate of the Decade Award[22]
[edit] Background
Prior to starting Trend Hunter, Jeremy Gutsche was a management consultant with the Monitor Group and was Capital One's Director of Upmarket in Canada. At Capital One, he led his team to grow a $1 billion business.[23]
He holds an MBA from Queen's University, studied innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business, graduated from University of Calgary with a BCom in Finance (With Distinction) and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.
[edit] External links
[edit] References
- ^ The Lavin Agency Newsletter, August 2008
- ^ The Independent, Throw Out the Goji Berries, February 19, 2008 [1]
- ^ Entrepreneur Magazine, Be Your Own Trend Spotter, December 2008 [2]
- ^ The Guardian, "The Shape of Things to Come", December 18, 2007 [3]
- ^ The Globe and Mail, "Trend Hunter Gets Help from Calgary Carpenter", September 9, 2008 [4]
- ^ MTV News, "Trend Spotting", June 22, 2006 [5]
- ^ The Economist, "World in 2008: Six of the Best", November 2007 [6]
- ^ Fox Business, "Sarah Palin Fever", September 14, 2008 [7]
- ^ CBC News, Trends in 2009 [8]
- ^ Entertainment Tonight, January 18, 2008, "Latest Tech With Trend Spotter Jeremy Gutsche" [9]
- ^ Entertainment Tonight, March 11, 2008, "Travel Trends With Jeremy Gutsche" [10]
- ^ Trend Hunter, "The Trend Hunter Half Billion View Party", May 19, 2011
- ^ Canada.com, "TrendHunter boss bags top innovation awards", May 4, 2011
- ^ Youtube, "Jeremy Gutsche: MPI Closing Session Video"
- ^ YouTube, "Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche - 30 Minute Speech"
- ^ Business Week, "Exploiting Chaos -- and Celebrating Failure", September 8, 2009 [11]
- ^ Inc Magazine, "The Best Books for Business Owners of 2009", December, 2009 [12]
- ^ TrendHunter.com, "800 CEO Read: EXPLOITING CHAOS Rated #1 Most Popular Book", December, 2009 [13]
- ^ BDC Press Release, "Jeremy Gutsche, "BDC Young Entrepreneur Award winner for Ontario, receives Cisco Innovation Excellence Award", May 4, 2011 [14]
- ^ Telegraph Journal, "TrendHunter: Always looking for next big thing", May 9, 2011 [15]
- ^ Independent Publisher, "Announcing Results of the 3rd Annual Axiom Business Book Awards", March 24, 2010 [16]
- ^ University of Calgary, "Arch Awards: 2010 Recipients Announced", May 10, 2010 [17]
- ^ The Sun, "What's Cool Before it's Cool" [18]
