An unexpected hack to create opportunities:

Read all your emails.

It will tell you what businesses are up to.
What is being sold, what is being promoted, what is being spoken about, what is creating the news. 

It will tell you what your friends are up to.
What are their questions? In their life. And for you. 

Reading doesn’t mean chewing, understanding and remembering it.
It just means scrolling, and diving further if needed.

Great opportunities don’t come with the subject line: Great opportunity.
They occasionally show up in emails!