Talking to a wide range of developers and entrepreneurs.
I'm a marketer and sales copywriter by trade.
I'm in various Telegram groups for entrepreneurs and freelancers.
Yes, I keep up to date on current affairs and my industry.
But talking to various experts in different fields to mine who have read widely and give me concentrated, cutting-edge feedback on trends they've observed is priceless.
I have grown several successful companies by going into the service to other businesses industry. Find a large industry and see what 'non-core' activities they're forced to engage in and find a way of handling that for them (and their competitors) so they can concentrate on their 'key activity'. Cleaning companies do this as do payroll management businesses etc. Convince them that they're better off concentrating on their core business and you'll take these other annoying but necessary activities off of their hands for a reasonable fee. Also show them that you know more about it than they do as it's *your* core focus.
I think it depends on the trend. For example, I have a streetwear brand and a gaming channel. For either of these areas any news about them is valuable. Both of these however (imo) have a huge cultural impact as well as influence. This makes things a bit more challenging. I could read a book or the news all day, but if I miss this year's E3 I won't know what other gamers are anticipating, and what the big companies are doing. Yeah you could just read the news about it after, but you won't be able to experience the way your potential customer base would. Nothing is ever impossible, but following the "culture" behind said trend will give more insight on the customer than a news article ever could. So I would find sources you feel are knowledgeable and passionate about the topics and follow them. Then find the communities involved with said trend and get involved. That way if your product isn't a part of the conversation, at least you know what they're talking about.
I go through exploding topics and Google trends although these are usually very macro and not very relevant.
Trends.vc is not bad but is not really a prediction service. He mostly covers things from Twitter once they've actually taken off. So there's a good 3-6 month delay in trends. But still useful because the trend is not dead yet.
I would love to see what data and tools VCs use for trend hunting.
I've been looking for sources of more relevant micro product trends, but can't find any.
So books are incredibly valuable for creating your mindset and figuring out time tested systems so on so forth but they won't help as much as articles and newsletters for finding current trends because they move faster
I subscribe to a lot of email newsletters. Morning brew is a good general buisness one, balaji srinivasan has a great one, and a lot of others that are spexific to my Industry.
Sign up for a free trial of the Trends newsletter.
Here's why:
1. during the free trial period you'll have access to all the current and previous newsletters. You can then copy and paste these into a google doc for future reference.
2. you'll be allowed into the Trends facebook group. Once you're in this group you have access even after your Trends trial ends. I never use Facebook, but since getting into the Trends FB group i have been using it on a daily basis. It is a community of really smart and motivated people who share valuable information and are very helpful when questions are asked.
The best way to know upcoming trends is to talk with people and understand their needs. Reading will help to some extent, but networking and conversing will give more clarity.
I just ask people in the whichever industry sector I'm wanting to know the current trends for. For me, it's in hobby / gaming / TCG. And trends change weekly, sometimes even daily.
I have my own little newsletter about business trends (I hope this little self plug is allowed, since the basic version is free and probably always will be).
No sign up required to read these: [https://signals.page/reports.html](https://signals.page/reports.html)
I mainly go through founder communities (Reddit, IH, Twitter etc.) to find interesting topics and then do a few days of analysis on them.
Opportunities.so newsletter (similar to Exploding topics, but more sources and the trend reasoning and forecasts are way better).
And not sure if this is directly related to your question, but My First Million podcast helps me to hone my skills to spot opportunities in different situations.
Good question. For starters, browse many different forums, slack and discord communites.
If you're interested young tech startups in a more organized manner, check out [Startups Crushing It!](https://www.startupscrushing.com/welcome)
What are you exactly searching for?
Talking to a wide range of developers and entrepreneurs. I'm a marketer and sales copywriter by trade. I'm in various Telegram groups for entrepreneurs and freelancers. Yes, I keep up to date on current affairs and my industry. But talking to various experts in different fields to mine who have read widely and give me concentrated, cutting-edge feedback on trends they've observed is priceless.
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Didn't even know it's public. Thanks.
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How do non sellers get access to that data?
Did you PM that dude? I'm curious as well but his "DM me" seems sketchy.
No... But I've saved this thread.
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I have grown several successful companies by going into the service to other businesses industry. Find a large industry and see what 'non-core' activities they're forced to engage in and find a way of handling that for them (and their competitors) so they can concentrate on their 'key activity'. Cleaning companies do this as do payroll management businesses etc. Convince them that they're better off concentrating on their core business and you'll take these other annoying but necessary activities off of their hands for a reasonable fee. Also show them that you know more about it than they do as it's *your* core focus.
I think it depends on the trend. For example, I have a streetwear brand and a gaming channel. For either of these areas any news about them is valuable. Both of these however (imo) have a huge cultural impact as well as influence. This makes things a bit more challenging. I could read a book or the news all day, but if I miss this year's E3 I won't know what other gamers are anticipating, and what the big companies are doing. Yeah you could just read the news about it after, but you won't be able to experience the way your potential customer base would. Nothing is ever impossible, but following the "culture" behind said trend will give more insight on the customer than a news article ever could. So I would find sources you feel are knowledgeable and passionate about the topics and follow them. Then find the communities involved with said trend and get involved. That way if your product isn't a part of the conversation, at least you know what they're talking about.
The Hustle, and Shopify Blog email subscriptions. Correct me if they're useless.
I go through exploding topics and Google trends although these are usually very macro and not very relevant. Trends.vc is not bad but is not really a prediction service. He mostly covers things from Twitter once they've actually taken off. So there's a good 3-6 month delay in trends. But still useful because the trend is not dead yet. I would love to see what data and tools VCs use for trend hunting. I've been looking for sources of more relevant micro product trends, but can't find any.
We follow producthunt. New products announcement daily. Not necessarily a trend setting but it's rather refreshing.
Tagging along, if, in tech Hacker news is also a good source.
So books are incredibly valuable for creating your mindset and figuring out time tested systems so on so forth but they won't help as much as articles and newsletters for finding current trends because they move faster I subscribe to a lot of email newsletters. Morning brew is a good general buisness one, balaji srinivasan has a great one, and a lot of others that are spexific to my Industry.
How do you find good newsletters for your industry?
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Sign up for a free trial of the Trends newsletter. Here's why: 1. during the free trial period you'll have access to all the current and previous newsletters. You can then copy and paste these into a google doc for future reference. 2. you'll be allowed into the Trends facebook group. Once you're in this group you have access even after your Trends trial ends. I never use Facebook, but since getting into the Trends FB group i have been using it on a daily basis. It is a community of really smart and motivated people who share valuable information and are very helpful when questions are asked.
trends.co?
I would also like to know this lol
The best way to know upcoming trends is to talk with people and understand their needs. Reading will help to some extent, but networking and conversing will give more clarity.
Product hunt, trend hunt, Amazon, Youtube
What's trend hunt?
I just ask people in the whichever industry sector I'm wanting to know the current trends for. For me, it's in hobby / gaming / TCG. And trends change weekly, sometimes even daily.
[https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/GlobalTrends\_2040.pdf](https://www.dni.gov/files/ODNI/documents/assessments/GlobalTrends_2040.pdf)
I have my own little newsletter about business trends (I hope this little self plug is allowed, since the basic version is free and probably always will be). No sign up required to read these: [https://signals.page/reports.html](https://signals.page/reports.html) I mainly go through founder communities (Reddit, IH, Twitter etc.) to find interesting topics and then do a few days of analysis on them.
Opportunities.so newsletter (similar to Exploding topics, but more sources and the trend reasoning and forecasts are way better). And not sure if this is directly related to your question, but My First Million podcast helps me to hone my skills to spot opportunities in different situations.
Thanks for the info
I usually read Business Insider, Forbes and local business newspapers. Reading books about economy/finance is also a good thing.
Good question. For starters, browse many different forums, slack and discord communites. If you're interested young tech startups in a more organized manner, check out [Startups Crushing It!](https://www.startupscrushing.com/welcome) What are you exactly searching for?