{"id":32758,"date":"2011-09-22T12:09:00","date_gmt":"2011-09-22T08:09:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/?p=32758"},"modified":"2013-09-06T11:09:02","modified_gmt":"2013-09-06T07:09:02","slug":"startup-work-culture-torontos-trend-hunter-leads-the-way","status":"publish","type":"magazine","link":"https:\/\/brainstation.io\/magazine\/startup-work-culture-torontos-trend-hunter-leads-the-way","title":{"rendered":"Startup Work Culture: Toronto’s Trend Hunter leads the way"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Earlier this summer we asked you who are Canada’s top Startups from a work culture perspective<\/a>. Many of you had suggestions and now that the summer is behind us we’re wading through them to highlight the best of the best.<\/p>\n

\"\"Up first is Toronto’s Trend Hunter<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Trend Hunter is the world’s largest, most popular trend spotting community. It is an explosion of cool trends fueled by a global network of insatiably curious people. By tracking the evolution of cool, Trend Hunters stimulate creativity and generate breakthrough ideas.<\/p>\n

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Trend Hunter is located in a former horse-carriage factory near Queen and SoHo and according to the Wall Street Journal<\/a> the office is as hip as its occupants. Which really shouldn’t be a surprise considering it’s their job to spots trends on the bleeding edge.<\/p>\n

Trend Hunter’s office culture has been profiled on CNN, and in the National Post, the Globe & Mail and the Toronto Star. And last year Trend Hunter was named on of Canada’s Most Innovative Companies<\/a> at the Canadian Innovation Exchange.<\/p>\n

So what makes Trend Hunter stand out?<\/p>\n

Office space<\/strong> – A digitally projected scoreboard on the wall gamifies and motivates the editorial team’s performance and keeps everyone focused on the goal.<\/p>\n

Team building<\/strong> – Weekly employee highlights are shared at Friday beer’o’clock meetings where each team member talks about their professional triumphs and new ideas while trying out a new different beer each week.<\/p>\n

Internships<\/strong> – Trend Hunter claims to offer the most journalism internships in Canada<\/a>. And by joining the Trend Hunter Academy, interns will graduate with 1,000+ published articles, 2,000,000+ views of exposure, and a certificate of Digital Journalism and Social Media from Trend Hunter.<\/p>\n

Check out this video produced by ChrisFyvie<\/a> of Colliers Canada and Crucial Films<\/a> to get a better idea of Trend Hunter’s startup culture. 
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