Before investing in any projects, do you research their team information and read the whitepaper carefully? Or will you get a basic knowledge of the financial condition of the company?
I do that as the first step to know and understand their concept project, from there I can predict their product value using fundamental method. After that I'll keep follow how they work and if the team doesn't built a good communication with members, I'll leave it. Until now, I use this simple method and sometimes safe my asset.