Jeremy Gutsche

Jeremy Gutsche
Born (1978-04-07) 7 April 1978
Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Residence Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Citizenship Canadian
Education BComm (with Distinction) in Finance from University of Calgary, MBA from Queen's School of Business, CFA from CFA Institute
Occupation Entrepreneur
Known for TrendHunter.com
Notable work Exploiting Chaos - 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change (Gotham/Penguin), Better and Faster - The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas (Crown Business)
Title Chief Trend Hunter
Awards Graduate of the Last Decade Award from University of Calgary
Website http://www.jeremygutsche.com

Jeremy Gutsche (born April 7, 1978) is a Canadian innovation expert, entrepreneur, author, and the founder and CEO of TrendHunter, a website dedicated to identifying trends.

Gutsche has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian,[1] an "Oracle" by the Globe and Mail[2] and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV.[3] He is frequently sourced by the media for his opinions on the next big thing, including The Economist,[4] Fox Business,[5] CBC News,[6] and Entertainment Tonight.[7][8]

History

Gutsche was born in Calgary, Alberta where he was raised to be an entrepreneur. In his book, Better and Faster, he describes an upbringing that involved scouring hundreds of magazines each month with his father, in the search of ideas they would turn into prototypes and inventions. This activity would later lead to the concept behind Trend Hunter, a crowdsourced community that enables people to similarly scour for ideas to find inspiration.[9]

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.[10]

Education

In 2000, Gutsche graduated with a BCom (With Distinction) in Finance from the University of Calgary, which would later award him Graduate of the Last Decade.[11] In 2005, completed his Chartered Financial Analyst designation and graduated with an MBA from Queen's University.[12] In the year that followed, he studied innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Trend Hunter

In 2006, Gutsche launched Trend Hunter, an online trend community and trend research firm. The research is crowdsourced by a global network of 156,000 contributors who identify and submit emerging ideas as articles.[13] Staff editors curate the most compelling articles for editing before publishing the articles on the front page. The company then uses big data and statistics from its audience to score each idea on metrics such as popularity, activity, freshness and demographics. The purpose is to use the wisdom of the crowd to identify opportunities and patterns.

Although many of Trend Hunter's articles are provided free on the website, premium research requires a subscription. Certain brands like Samsung, Kellogg's, Nestle and Crayola pay for a Trend Hunter Dedicated Advisors to help them use big data to accelerate research.[14]

By August 2012, the company passed one billion total page views.[15] In the third quarter of 2014 TrendHunter.com surpassed two billion page views.[16]

Keynote speaking

Jeremy Gutsche is an innovation keynote speaker with roughly 400 client dates since 2007.[17] His speaking categories relate to: creating a culture of innovation, thriving through chaos, implementing change and idea generation. His early work was based on his book, Exploiting Chaos. The most popular video of this speech received over 1,000,000 views on YouTube.[18] His latest keynote speech, ‘Better and Faster,’ is based on his second book. As a video, the speech received over 4,000,000 views on YouTube.[19]

Books

Gutsche's first 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.[20] The book was named one of Inc Magazine's Best Books for Business Owners[21] and ranked #1 Most Popular at 800 CEO Read from September to December 2009.[22] In paperback, it is published in seven languages, including Cantonese, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Korean, and English. In 2012, Gutsche re-released Exploiting Chaos as an interactive video ebook.

Gutsche’s second book, Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas, was a New York Times Best Seller [23] and a CEO Read Select pick .[24] The book is intended to help readers get 'better' at adapting to change and 'faster' at finding opportunity. It is structured in three parts with the first part illustrating the neurological traps that hold successful people back. The second part provides six patterns of opportunity, suggesting where to look for ideas. The third part provides a framework about the pace of change and how to build a plan for taking advantage of change. The book was released in March, 2015.[25]

References

  1. ↑ The Guardian, "The Shape of Things to Come", December 18, 2007
  2. ↑ The Globe and Mail, "Trend Hunter Gets Help from Calgary Carpenter", September 9, 2008
  3. ↑ MTV News, "Trend Spotting", June 22, 2006
  4. ↑ The Economist, "World in 2008: Six of the Best", November 2007
  5. ↑ Fox Business, "Sarah Palin Fever", September 14, 2008
  6. ↑ CBC News, Trends in 2009
  7. ↑ Entertainment Tonight, January 18, 2008, "Latest Tech With Trend Spotter Jeremy Gutsche"
  8. ↑ Entertainment Tonight, March 11, 2008, "Travel Trends With Jeremy Gutsche"
  9. ↑ Gutsche, Jeremy (2015). Better and Faster - The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas. New York, NY: Crown Business. ISBN 0385346549.
  10. ↑ The Sun, "What's Cool Before it's Cool"
  11. ↑ "Graduate of the Last Decade Award Winners"
  12. ↑ "Graduate Success Stories", Queens MBA Programs
  13. ↑ Trend Hunter, "About Trend Hunter", September 18, 2012
  14. ↑ "How Trend Hunter uses big data to forecast the next big thing", Canadian Business, by Murad Hemmadi, January 12, 2015
  15. ↑ Trend Hunter, "Trend Hunter Hits One Billion Views", August 9, 2012
  16. ↑ "Trend Hunter About Us Facts", November 2, 2015
  17. ↑ "Jeremy Gutsche Innovation Keynotes Schedule", November 2, 2015
  18. ↑ YouTube, "Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche - 30 Minute Speech"
  19. ↑ YouTube, "Innovation Keynote Speaker Jeremy Gutsche's Top Speech"
  20. ↑ Business Week, "Exploiting Chaos -- and Celebrating Failure", September 8, 2009
  21. ↑ Inc Magazine, "The Best Books for Business Owners of 2009", December, 2009
  22. ↑ TrendHunter.com, "800 CEO Read: EXPLOITING CHAOS Rated #1 Most Popular Book", December, 2009
  23. ↑ New York Times, "Business Best Sellers April 2015"
  24. ↑ 800 CEO Read, "Jack Covert Selects: Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas", March 12, 2015
  25. ↑ "Better and Faster: The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas
  • CityTV, "Breakfast Television: Trends in 2008"
  • The Lavin Agency, "Jeremy Gutsche Speaking Bio"
  • CBC News, "Trends in 2008"
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