[mattzito]

It depends (imo), on the amount of money you have left and who its from. If you've raised $1m from well-to-do-but-not-rich family members and with $500k left you're realized you're totally unqualified to be in your business, or the concept was terrible, no valid pivot, etc., then yeah, give the people back your money.

But if you've raised $1m from professional investors and you have $100k left, for example, you might be better off trying to double down or raise more money.

[dkersten]

If you had $100k left and you tried the FedEx gamble, and lost, you could very well get done for reckless trading. I don't think that's worth the risk.

[pratik661]

It should be a risky venture for the company (ie a new strategy). I think gambling in Las Vegas would count as fraudulent.

[dkersten]

Maybe I should have responded to TomGullen's post since he mentioned the FedEx story.