1. Do your own research first on the projects before taking the job...
Bounty hunters must do their own research on projects as well but it's better for BMs to do research too before taking any bounty project, remember, reputation matters, this is not 100% guaranteed that BM won't introduce bad projects but it won't be bad projects every time.
2. Learn to say no to bad projects even if they offer good money to you
Some bad projects can offer to pay BM in stable coin or BTC and decide to pay bounty hunters in tokens, I know, can be attractive but what about your reputation? Standing out among the rest is not an easy call, you have to take responsibility
3. Your bounty hunters should matters most to you, learn to hear them out.
I don't personally like bounty managers that are too full of themselves, too stubborn that they ignore advice from bounty hunters, it's not a good path for new bounty manager, sometimes you can easily learn one or two things from bounty hunters too