Being a newbie to crypto, your friend has a lot to do in putting you through it truly you both are friends indeed, secondly, you don't call it company or work, instead, crypto project or coin, when you have the required idea needed on what crypto is, their various kinds and how you could safely invest without having higher risk to loss of fund, then you may start from somewhere with the little amount of money you can afford to loose on your investment, also never forget these two things, make research and take risk.