Carefully examine the team and if you are satisfied with the project, but there are insoluble doubts about the team, I recommend not to work with this project.
1. Look at the profiles in social networks
It is important to have links to social networks on the landing page in the section with the team, it is highly desirable that it be LinkedIn. Go to their profiles, look at the posts, the number of friends, photos, experience, do the profiles look real?
Now there is a lot of ICO, which offer various KYC services in the crypto industry, but so far a stable group of leaders has not been formed.
2. Make a search on photos in Google
Download team photos and search for pictures in Google. The scammers have such a common practice: adding fictional characters to the team section, they use presentable photos of third parties from the search or photo banks. Investigating ICO projects, I periodically finish work on this point ahead of time.
3. Talk to the team directly
If you have any questions about the ICO project, I recommend not to ask them in General channels, like telegram chats, there are special community managers who have a list of pre-prepared and extremely vague answers.
Better write to a team member who is directly related to the question. You will get a more authentic answer and once again check the adequacy of the team.
4. Look at the size of the command
Periodically I meet projects that collect tens and hundreds of millions of dollars, and in the team there are only five people: a couple of managers, a couple of technical specialists and that's all. Invest in such projects with care.
Even if these people are incredibly talented, and the idea is interesting, they simply can not physically create a working and successful project. They need marketing, PR, designers, lawyers, accountants, community managers, analysts, project managers.
Small teams are quite acceptable, but only for projects with small budgets.
5. How does the interaction take place within the team?
See how they work together, where they are physically in relation to each other. If everyone is in different cities and working remotely, then the project may have problems due to lack of communication. The ICO has a better chance of success during and after the ICO if most members work from the same city or office.
6. Is there a team of specialists in the niche of the project?
If the niche is specific, then the team should have specialists in this area. If, for example, the project raises funds for deep-sea research, then the team should have a specialist researchers, if a crypto exchange is created, then the team should have crypto traders. Otherwise, due to the lack of knowledge of the intricacies of the niche, the project too often will face unexpected obstacles and fail.
7. Experience and results in the crypto industry
Leaders, technicians and marketers should have experience in the crypto industry. The rules of the game are very different and even successful professionals from the usual areas of the economy need time to adapt to new realities.
8. International team is a good sign
There are many projects from Eastern Europe, Asia, Africa. In countries from these regions, English is not a native language, and there may be problems with international communication, therefore, it is important that the composition were people with native English. This is especially true for marketers, PR and community managers and specialists in relations with investors.