Michael Tchong
Founder & Trend Forecaster, Ubercool Innovation LLC
SPEAKER FEE RANGE: $5,000–$15,000 [FEE NOTE]
TRAVELS FROM: Nevada
A high-energy and passionate speaker, Michael has spoken at more than 500 global gatherings, providing audiences with remarkable insights into consumer and business lifestyles, social media, technology and digital marketing trends. He’s an expert on disruptions that reinvent markets, in particular social media, technology and marketing trends and innovations that are reshaping our world. His trademark motto is, “I help you catch the next wave before it catches you.” Michael takes audiences on his trademark “roller-coaster ride through the landscape of now,” during which he showcases innovative brands, ideas and products that leverage “Ubertrend” waves to alter the global landscape. Michael is a catalyst who inspires and motivates attendees by challenging their creativity and inventiveness. His informative yet entertaining style fuses the emotional and rational brain to help foster a new culture of innovation.
Michael Tchong is on an indefatigable quest to decode the future. Being at the forefront of emerging trends is a perpetual passion that led Michael to establish his first media startup, MacWEEK, which helped mainstream desktop publishing.
Michael’s next startups demonstrated a similar ability to ride waves early, including CRM, internet analytics and digital marketing.
Always pushing the innovation envelope, Michael is a leading advocate of easy-to-use digital tools and superior customer experiences. The rapid growth of technology and innovation have made him a sought-after catalyst for the advancement of both ecosystems.
He has entertained audiences globally, inspiring them with riveting insights into the world’s most scintillating lifestyle, innovation and technology trends.
His unique people-watching and trend-forecasting perspectives have earned Michael recognition as one of the great forward thinkers of the information age. The ability to distill the future led the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph to label Michael “America’s most influential trendspotter.”
Michael is an adjunct professor of innovation at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches how to correctly interpret the dynamics of Ubertrends and the opportunities they present.
His third book, “Ubertrends -- How Trends and Innovation Are Transforming Our Future,” was published in March 2019
Michael’s next startups demonstrated a similar ability to ride waves early, including CRM, internet analytics and digital marketing.
Always pushing the innovation envelope, Michael is a leading advocate of easy-to-use digital tools and superior customer experiences. The rapid growth of technology and innovation have made him a sought-after catalyst for the advancement of both ecosystems.
He has entertained audiences globally, inspiring them with riveting insights into the world’s most scintillating lifestyle, innovation and technology trends.
His unique people-watching and trend-forecasting perspectives have earned Michael recognition as one of the great forward thinkers of the information age. The ability to distill the future led the U.K.’s Daily Telegraph to label Michael “America’s most influential trendspotter.”
Michael is an adjunct professor of innovation at the University of San Francisco, where he teaches how to correctly interpret the dynamics of Ubertrends and the opportunities they present.
His third book, “Ubertrends -- How Trends and Innovation Are Transforming Our Future,” was published in March 2019
- Ubertrends -- How Trends and Innovation Are Transforming Our Future
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