Apologies if this is too tangential, but I wonder if we would see fewer of these "we failed, sell the bones out to any charlatan you can find" sales if the US had a better support system for people that ensures they're not out of healthcare or housing if they take some time off from working.

If I invested a bunch of time, effort, and vision into something and had nothing to show for it while nearing failure... I'd be very tempted to sell just so I don't have to go straight from failure to job hunt. This situation seems outrageously stressful to me... I literally don't even know what I'd do if I broke my arm or came down with some serious illness while in the inbetween state.