Because you are a newbie, you must be very careful in choosing an ICO to invest. We know that many scam ICOs and failed ICOs currently. So, If you join it, you just wasting your time and lose your money. The first step is observing the team members of the project, make sure that only investing in an ICO with quality team. Look at the track record of each member of the team, and their info should be adequate. The second step is analyzing the whitepaper, find all information related to ideas, plans, strategies, and roadmap on the whitepaper. If the project has a potential future, you can join it. While, if the project future seems not really good, ignore it.