First of all, I don't seek for projects, i just wait for them to come, and when someone tells me about something interesting, and it has an investing potential, i do a massive research to see whether it's safe or if i can make profit from it. That's how i found cryptocurrencies though. I love going through some smaller projects in the web, to see them grow after a while, like i did for example with
CryptoGamble. They've just started, but it's really cool stuff. When it comes to my time, people treats research stuff like a waste of a time, but it's just the part of the job, you have to do it, or you aren't fully capable to decide whether it's worthy to invest your money in it.