At the forefront of cool, innovation expert Jeremy Gutsche is the founder of TrendHunter, the world's largest, most popular collection of cutting edge trends. In his speaking engagements, Jeremy speaks about how to leverage viral trends and methodically approach innovation to generate ideas, stimulate creativity and ultimately unlock cool. With a corporate background, award-winning book and success at the cutting edge of cool, Jeremy brings a rare perspective on how to unleash innovation within a business context. As one of North America's most requested keynote speakers and a judge on BNN's tv show ,'The Pitch', Jeremy has inspired innovation around the world at 205 events for 103,000 people. Jeremy can give presentations on a variety of topics including Sparking Creativity, Creating a Cultural Connection, Infectious Marketing and Unlocking Cool (Innovation).

Jeremy studied innovation at Stanford, holds an MBA from Queen's University, is a Chartered Financial Analyst, and graduated as a Chancellor Scholar from The University of Calgary, where he was later awarded Graduate of the Decade. Prior to Trend Hunter, Jeremy was one of Capital One's youngest Business Directors and innovation leads. At age 28, he led his team to grow a $1 billion product portfolio. Prior to Capital One, Jeremy spent several years as a Management Consultant at the Monitor Group.

From audiences of 4,000 people to the homes of billionaires, Jeremy has inspired innovation around the world at 205 events for 103,000 people. With a corporate background, award-winning book and success at the cutting edge of cool, Jeremy brings a rare perspective on how to unleash innovation within a business context.

Routinely sourced by the media, Jeremy's broad appeal ranges from The Economist and CNN to Entertainment Tonight and The New York Times. He has been described as "a new breed of trend spotter" by The Guardian, "an eagle eye" by Global TV, an "Oracle" by the Globe and Mail, an "intellectual can of Red Bull" by Association Week and "on the forefront of cool" by MTV.

"Can you say "Jeremy Gutsche" without breaking out in goose bumps? I think not. His opening keynote address this morning wowed even me - the woman who hired and helped prep him for his keynote. I should have been better prepared for how awesome he would be. You could feel the energy in the room, even digitally, through the virtual live stream of the session. The Twitter feeds lit up like I've never seen before at MPI. His messages of innovation and exploiting chaos were on target and he did a phenomenal job of engaging our audience, tying his messages into relevant information for our industry."

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