Jeremy Gutsche is a creative, globe-roaming individual fueled by curiosity and innovation. In a short time, he has grown Trendhunter.com into one of the world's largest and most trusted trend-spotting communities. The site showcases a What's Next selection from business and marketing, art and design, fashion, technology, sex, and many other categories. For his background in corporate strategy and his expertise on consumer and marketing innovation, he is sought out by the world's leading companies to speak about cool-hunting, innovation, marketing strategies and, of course, The Next Big Thing and its relevance to their business.

Gutsche and Trendhunter have been featured or cited in over 40,000 print and online references, including The Economist, The Globe and Mail, The Sun and The Financial Times. Frequently sought after by television networks, Gutsche has appeared on MTV, Entertainment Tonight, the BBC, Global TV, which calls him “the eagle eye,” and the CBC, which calls him “Mr. Cool.”

At age 28, he was one of Capital One's youngest Business Directors and innovation leads. With a relentless focus on innovation, he led his marketing and analysis team to grow a billion dollar portfolio of market leading products. Gutsche is a former Management Consultant for the Monitor Group, where he advised government and Fortune 50 clients on top level strategy and the assessment of new ventures. He holds an MBA from Queen's, is a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and studied innovation at the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Jeremy Gutsche's presentations—interactive, strategically bold, and packed full of the hottest new trends—engage audiences with a blend of viral new trends, strategic frameworks, and a contagious enthusiasm for innovation. His background in both corporate strategy and Web 2.0 provides him with a rare perspective on innovation within the business context. His presentations showcase the hottest trends, but they go beyond that as well. He provides his audience with inspiration and tools that can be used to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and unlock potential.

NOTE: Jeremy Gutsche's' Presentations are each tailored to the conference needs with optional workshops and interactive experiences.

One of the world's 'most favorited' presentations at SlideShare.net, Unlocking Cool is a beginning-to-end exploration of the innovation process, reinvented. Using multimedia and visually engaging examples, Gutsche provides his audience with a cutting-edge toolkit for leveraging viral trends and methodical innovation frameworks to generate breakthrough ideas. Unlocking Cool includes Gutsche’s best examples about Creating a Culture of Innovation, Power Innovation, Infectious Communication and the Trend Report. Tech Point called the presentation, "The Perfect Kick-Off," Canada eConnect noted, "Jeremy was the highest rated speaker," while the Editor-in-chief of Hospitality Design noted, “Very well received for his humour, acuity and awareness. Spot on. Highly recommended.”

With 3 million monthly views and citations in more than 40,000 online publications, Jeremy Gutsche's TrendHunter.com is a leading organization in the world of web 2.0 and viral marketing. In this presentation, Gutsche uses viral videos, vivid examples and breakthrough online marketing examples to captivate his audience. Then, he goes beyond the buzzwords of web 2.0, Facebook, and social marketing to reveal the core elements that make viral messages so infectious. He teaches his audience how to live his Rule #1: "Relentlessly obsess about your story."

In a world of increased competition, intensified customer demands, and shifting employee demographics, a culture of innovation is more important than ever before. Jeremy Gutsche's Culture of Innovation framework exposes the audience to groundbreaking ideas related to perspective, customer obsession, tolerance for failure and creativity. In these categories, he provides a toolkit of ideas that help organizations go beyond just “checking the box.” In short, he inspires companies about how to make their cultures revolutionary.

Leveraging the world's largest database of micro-trends, Jeremy' Gutsche's team filters through the most viral innovations in the world to create 'Clusters of Inspiration'. His team sells this research for clients including Microsoft, Yahoo and eBay. The content has been sourced by The Economist, The Financial Times, The Guardian, CBC, and dozens of leading newspapers. In this presentation, Gutsche walks the audience through clusters of inspiration and teaches them how to create their own.

Jeremy Gutsche’s Unlocking Cool is one of the ‘most favorited’ presentations in the world at SlideShare.net

Go to Top of Page