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Find trends before others: Frameworks, Techniques, Sources and Prompts

Ayush Poddar · Startup GTM (Substack) Free Intermediate

A practical, hands-on checklist of frameworks, sources, and search techniques for finding trends before others, including how to scan subreddits, forums, and search data systematically. It turns the abstract advice into steps you can run this week. A good complement to the essays that tell you why but not how.

  • Concrete sources and searches, not just theory.
  • Scan several source types to catch signals sooner.
  • A weekly routine beats occasional trend hunting.
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The question it answers

  1. I keep spotting good trends too late, after they're already crowded. How do I get earlier signal?

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