TOP 5 THINGS TO LOOK FOR IN A GOOD ICO

[klub88]

Good things:
- Good team
- Popularity
- experience
- road map
- comment in forum/ media
- have market
- good idea

Bad things:
- A team of nobodies, bad
- Too high or too low cap
- No idea, or a non-original idea
thats what i think for your research in ico to know

[alt18coins]

Good things about ICO-
1.Its knowledge
2.Road map
3.Work spirit
4.Cooperation
5.Its friendly environment.

[globalking]

first, we have to look the project than who is behind it the team roadmap, the community and the communication channels

[Boi qaaf]

As per my opinion:
1. Founding team
2. Development path of the project
3. ICO theme on Bitcointalk.org
4. Community and media
5. What is their Token? Blockchain is needed?

[mrcastelo]

On my own opinion the top 5 things to look for a good ICO are:

1. Good Whitepaper- make sure to read them first before buying any coin.
2. Promising road map- they should have a plan for the future development of the product.
3. Number of supporters in the community- make sure they have a huge number of followers on their different social media account.
4. Trustworthy background of the developer/people behind it.
5. Working product

[KurororLus]

Personally, I look for these:

1. Purpose of the coin/token. it is important to know the future use of the coin.
2. the technology. the adaptation of the coin in this booming world of technology, because it may determine the timeline, or how long the tech may be use.
3. the people behind the coin/token. simply because we don't wanna send our money to people we don't know. and also their vision.
4. the social media, links, and website. this will show how serious they are with the project.
5. Lastly, the expert investors simply because I trust they're expertise that the ICO is Good!

[ICO Lancer]

Personally, I look for these:

1. Purpose of the coin/token. it is important to know the future use of the coin.
2. the technology. the adaptation of the coin in this booming world of technology, because it may determine the timeline, or how long the tech may be use.
3. the people behind the coin/token. simply because we don't wanna send our money to people we don't know. and also their vision.
4. the social media, links, and website. this will show how serious they are with the project.
5. Lastly, the expert investors simply because I trust they're expertise that the ICO is Good!

I agree with this because I dont think enough people look for the purpose of the coin. Most people just want to profit and to 10x. If you're not investing for the actual product behind it, what's the point?

[arvind82]

Top 5 things for a good ICO-
1.Roadmap
2.team work
3.token distribution
4.experience
5.social channels

[pelumi20]

There are a lot of things to look out for when analysing an ICO. I mainly look out for:
1 the idea behind the project. Is it solving any problem? Is the technology accessible? Etc
2 the road map. I look at their milestones, where they are on the roadmap. How soon to get to exchange. Etc
3 the team and advisors.
4 ICO structure
5 Read their white paper
6 communication channels

[Beforemember]

Follow this step to invest in a BEST ICO
1.Project
2.Total supply and circulating supply
3. Roadmap
4.Whitepaper
5.Community
6.ICO price and Bonus
7.Incentives
8.Media promotion and
9.Soft cap + Hard cap

[bunyisa]

http://dev.wi.th/ico
I choose this choice.  Very good choice.

[btcefeyigit39]

The crypto market is an alternative too. it is hard to follow the data in the crypto money market. you can think ico if the amount of your money is small. my favorite ico sether eristica lts.

[alkhie01]

You don't need top 5 to know which is the best ICO and nobody can tell as well if this ICO will work after Crowdsale.It always depends on the staff of the project if they are really dedicated to their project and also depend on the community on how they are supporting it.Some projects are good in the beginning but after few week became shit coin.So just take a risk and try to diversify your money.Rember not to invest all your money.

[GreatArkansas]

1st - Technology. You should know and identify first their technology or special feature. Who is/are will be using.
2nd- Hardcap/softcap. You should also identify their hardcap or softcap so that you will know if they will success.
3rd- Team. This is also important because identifying the team will be the one reason that project will be success.
4th- Exchange listing. Some ICO is already announcing their exchange before will start the ICO.
5th- Social medias account. They should be active on their different social media accounts.

[Castlereagh]

Great question - I have actually written a fairly lengthy article addressing this, but it's 4 key areas with many sub questions:

ICO Due Dilligence Checklist and Resources
https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=2956001.msg30340049#msg30340049

TL:DR I'd say my absolute top 5 are:

1. Net worth of industry - what's the point in a clever idea if there's not much room to expand?
2. Team qualifications, integrity and history
3. Real use case that solves a real problem or provides an otherwise unattainable service
4. Network size (or potential network size)
5. Existing product

[bunyisa]

http://dev.wi.th/ico
I recommend this.  Very good choice.

[mariayaz]

1: Industry (I usually get attract to retail sector)
2: Idea (Problem and its solution in idea)
3: Website (How strong web content is)
4: Team (Their profiles on LinkedIn and little bit research on google about profiles)
5: White Paper (To know about project and technology in detail)
6: I also keep observing that how many users on Bitcointalk are in bounty campaigns)
7: Social media (I follow pages and groups on Facebook, Telegram channels and Twitter to be updated)

[andamers]

1.Application scenario(show it by Video about the project)
2.Team
3.White paper
4. Road map
5. Social media
6.Good news about projects and developers
7. Share the stream with the owner

[efey39]

There is a lot of information in the crypto market. The crypto money world has many innovations and there are too many alternatives. ico is one of these. ico is also important in project consultants bonuses timing and price.

[SearchingforS]

Product, perspective product, roadmap and activities connected to it, whitepaper(optional) and one-paper(a must), linked-in's of developers team and a serious glance on the advisors. Also I like to check the way ANN thread is made and how behave the community.