Don't be deterred by one bad experience.
Add me to the list of those who have "been there, done that" by owning shares in a company that went bust. Pasminco for the record. Their physical mining and smelting business was fine, and I'd been down one of the mines and inside one of the smelters and seen it all with my own eyes, but it was their financial dealings which brought the company unstuck in a big way with huge losses and that was the end of it. The physical assets are still running today under different ownership but the shares have long since been delisted and were ultimately worthless.
And a big welcome to ASF too.