I believe that the team is on the right track. First - the development of the application, then - listing on a large number of exchanges. For success there must be a large community; and the community appears mostly when the application is running.
Of course the app is the most important part. But transparency is king in crypto. If you fail to communicate and be open then thats bad. Especially if you claim to have somebody for marketing and community in the team who is invisible. Questions on telegram and here are hardly replied to and the telegram links still point to nowhere despite the dev being reminded to change it again and again.
The early investors are usually the most enthusiastic and can be your best ambassadors. If you treat them like the team is doing currently, nobody will be there when you are done developing in your basement.