Jacob Courtade
Director of Business Development
Toronto, Canada · Member since Jan 2006
42Published Articles
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As the 38th registered Trend Hunter, Jacob has always been ahead of the curve. His passions lie in exotic travel and the discovery of cultural experience. His favourite destinations in the past few years include Prague, Iceland and the Dead Sea. He continues to take the opportunity to travel and visit exotic hotels and destinations, and spent August touring central and eastern Europe.
Featured Ideas
Social Media for Social Good
Canadahelps Launches Great Canadian Giving ChallengeSocial Media Fundraising — Using social media platforms to raise funds for charitable causes presents disruptive innovation opportunities in the fundraising and nonprofit sectors.
Boutique Hotels Trending Cheap
aloft by StarwoodCheaper Alternative Boutique Hotels — Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop budget boutique hotels that offer unique experiences and amenities at lower prices.
Electric Cadillacs
GM Releases Cadillac Converj Details (UPDATE)Electric Luxury Cars — Opportunities for disruptive innovation in the luxury vehicle market by creating electric cars with long range and high speeds.
Super Round Balls
More Impressive Than You ThinkPrecise Measurement Standards — Creating exact measurements using advanced technology and materials like silicon atoms can disrupt traditional measurement methods.
Professional Personal Memoirs
Memoir Productions Captures Loved Ones' StoriesPersonal Memoir Services — Disruptive innovation opportunity: Develop a mobile app that allows users to easily record and transcribe their personal memoirs.
Healthy Hotels
10 American Chains That Promise to Leave You Feeling RechargedHealth-focused Hotels — Disruptive innovation opportunity: Developing hotels that prioritize health and wellness amenities and experiences as a key selling point.
Conveyor Belt Advertising
Airport Baggage Carousel as Marketing Medium for BojanglesAirport Advertising — Opportunities exist for businesses to utilize airports and their infrastructure as advertising mediums.
Free Presidential Souvenirs
Obama Memorabilia For Tough Economic TimesLimited Edition Souvenirs — Opportunity to disrupt the traditional collector's items market by offering limited edition souvenirs for free or at a nominal fee.
Biggest Property Development ever in the US
CityCenter on the Las Vegas StripLuxury Condominium Development — Opportunity to disrupt the real estate industry by creating innovative luxury condominium projects like CityCenter.
Healthy Office Snacks
Toronto Start-up, Fruit4Thought, Wants You to Choose FruitRise of Healthy Office Snacks — Businesses that offer easily accessible and affordable healthy snack options to offices can tap into the growing demand for health and well-being in the workplace.
Instant Movie Gratification
Video On Demand from AmazonWeb Delivery — Amazon Video on Demand's web delivery service gives customers instant access to TV shows and movies without the need for specialized software installations.
Ecoclectic Luxury Hotels
Hilton Denizen Brand Targets Globally-Conscious Modern TravelersCustomized Luxury Travel — Denizen Hotels seeks to attract globally-conscious modern travelers by offering locally customized properties with a focus on sustainable amenities and experiences.Q&A with Jacob
What is unique that's not in your bio?
I love to learn little bits of new languages all the time. The more languages I can understand in this world, the more new and exciting culture experiences I'll be able to appreciate.
What's your favorite accomplishment?
Graduating with two undergraduate degrees instead of one.
How do you define cool?
Objects, styles or attitudes held that are desired (but probably not yet attained) by those whom I greatly respect.
What is your secret to uncovering trends?
Forcing myself to expand my sources of information. Whether this is by learning a new language, reading a magazine or website I wouldn't normally read, or meeting new people.
What do you enjoy most about Trend Hunter?
The huge demographic range of Trend Hunters that is drawn to the site, and as a result, the wide variety of new and exciting trends that they write up.
What is your favorite trend?
I have tons. An example would be Airplane Lighting For Your Home. I love airplanes.
What are your tips for writing a juicy post?
Keep it short, get to the point, and pepper in a bit of humor where appropriate.
How do you reset to be creative?
I change my sources of information to ones I haven't read in a long time, if ever.
What inspires or excites you?
Travel, travel, travel! Meeting new people, experiencing things that are different, and exploring cultures that are exotic (to me).
Predict something awesome for 2020?
International air travel is free thanks to advertising.
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