Jeremy Gutsche (born April 7, 1978) is an innovation expert, author, "one of North America's most requested keynote speakers", 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". At the end of 2008, Entrepreneur Magazine reported the community as having 20,000 members and 8,000,000 monthly views.
Gutsche has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian, an "Oracle" by the Globe and Mail and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV . He is frequently sourced by the media for his opinions on the next big thing, including The Economist, Fox Business, CBC News, and Entertainment Tonight.
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 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.
Jeremy Gutsche is a keynote speaker in the categories of innovation, strategy and marketing. He has spoken at more than 100 events, including the kickoff keynote at HOW Design for an audience of 4,000 people. He is best known for his Exploiting Chaos keynote.
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. The book was named one of Inc Magazine's Best Books for Business Owners and ranked #1 Most Popular at 800 CEO Read from September to December 2009.
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.
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.