I&#x27;m sorry, I don&#x27;t buy it.<p>The &#x27;end&#x27; is but a moment and it&#x27;s very well possible to have a success even if it ends in one way or another. Success is a measure of the total net effect a company had. if the net effect was negative then a company can be classed a failure, if the net effect was positive then the company was a success.<p>Selling out is to sell a company with the specific intent to shut it down, that&#x27;s different.