I honestly don't think so... It's not like Ed had such stellar success in raising funds for the past twenty years!
Then... maybe they were betting that he couldn't come up with the funds by the end of the month?
I guess that doesn't make a ton of sense, either. If they have funds and expertise and a low opinion of Ed's fund-raising ability, then it looks like the company was theirs for the taking, and they just didn't take it.
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