About Michael Tchong
“The most influential trend-spotter in America” — U.K. TELEGRAPH
Michael’s Story
After moving to New York, Michael studied economics at Fordham University in Fort Apache, The Bronx. 😎 After a few years at one of Madison Avenue’s most prestigious ad agencies, Doyle Dane & Bernbach, he heeded Horace Greeley’s advice to “Go West, young man.”
In San Francisco’s hip art and furniture district, he joined a creative ad agency called Chiat/Day, where he worked on the Apple Computer account.
He subsequently founded four startups, including MacWEEK, Atelier Systems, Interstellar and ICONOCAST.
He is now working on his fifth startup, Ubertrends, where he focuses on the transformative power of AI and its potential to empower creativity and productivity, including a first-of-its-kind innovative custom AI chatbot.
Startups
ICONOCAST Inc.
Always ahead of the curve, his ICONOCAST startup hosted the most successful digital marketing conference, as measured by audience response and sponsorship revenue, Web Attack!, which featured such celebrities as Dennis Rodman, RuPaul, and Cindy Margolis, the “most downloaded woman on the internet.”
Atelier Systems Inc.
After raising $1.2 million in venture capital from Brean Murray & Assoc., Michael founded Atelier Systems, which developed Hello, an innovative “personal communication manager” (a precursor to CRM) featuring a modular architecture that could be expanded via an extensible API. This simple, customizable approach to software design has yet to be equaled.
MacWEEK Inc.
Michael is the founder of MacWEEK, the first publication to use an all-Mac production system to separate color on the desktop, according to BusinessWeek. MacWEEK debuted the first-ever digital artwork of noted artists Peter Max and Keith Haring.
Highlights
Published Books
Dazzled Attendees
Startups
Publications
Selected Speaking Clients
