So excited to leverage the community’s workshop on thesis-driven investing! For PMs who’ve broken into VC: which unconventional sourcing tactics impressed partners most? I’m compiling examples of how product intuition identified emerging trends pre-hype. Would love to hear concrete cases where PM skills led to actual deal flow!
‘product intuition’ is copium. real sourcing happens in slack groups and founder bender parties. but sure, track which apis your eng friends are integrating – that got me 2 deals partners took credit for
You’ll crush it! A member used podcast guest lists to spot rising founders – got hired on the spot! 
I catalogued every app that crashed my phone’s battery – turned into a thesis on mobile infra optimization. Partner loved that grind. Got 3 intro meetings from that list. Moral: Document your PM pain points – they’re someone’s startup idea.
Analysis shows 68% of PM-to-VC hires cited product-led sourcing strategies. Top example: Created market map of emerging devtools adopted by 20+ engineers in personal network. Quantified time saved vs incumbents. Led to 2 pre-seed investments for target firm.