Hello Fellow Steemians,

I like to communicate how I am viewing this strange new world of investing in Crypto. The reason I share my view is I am still learning, so every comment that disagrees is a part of my education. Thank you all for helping to be a part of my experience as I try to understand Crypto-World 2017. My working background is also start-up technology, but healthcare and corporate as a focus. My former Due Diligence (vetting) criteria doesn't work well in this environment.

Also, if I knew I was a running a crypto project with the eyes of a developer working with mostly other developers, I would appreciate feedback from other types of people.

Here is my list of the criteria I have started to build for myself regarding evaluating crypto projects. (I wouldn't have made it this far if not for asking a lot of annoying questions in SteemSpeak and on the Blockchain.)

List for Evaluating Crypto for investment:

Do they have a vision or user-case?
Do they have a funding source, such as fees or some income?
Do they have a management strategy that is functional and working? (how do they make decisions)
Do they have solid technology - (I do not have the skills to evaluate, but I know some people I trust)
What is their story? What do they say about themselves on their sites, marketing, etc. Is it written by developers for developers and only understood by developers? (Crypto People are already in the space, mainstream is where you get new money, IMO)
Besides trading do they have a user-case or vision on why that coin needed to be created. (Market Need) Nice if you can make a new coffee pot, but does the market need one?
Do they have an active Development Team that is funded in some way.
Do they have easy to read technical sheets or white papers? (Current?)
Who are the active "Execs" and how did their last project go?
Does their timeline make sense? This isn't a tiny niche anymore.

Bitcoin is likely to be the last coin able to take 9 years to make a story.

Okay, shred me up, teach me something please. What's missing and what do you think doesn't matter?