As for being well, or under funded really isn't the point. A business venture is just that. Either a deal is profitable, or not. Why try first to save the old, if the new can't work? I know what it's like to get jammed out of money, so I get it. I want blood when I get jammed.

Take your own loss out of the thought, and it makes sense. Should it be a profitable company, then straighten out the inherited mess later when it works. Should it fail, then what does Tim owe anyone? He will have lost his investment, so why pick up Ken's tab?

When ya think about it for a sec, just talking about refunds, or filling past orders is huge. IMO