I'm pretty sure that the more active of a hand that the company might take in supporting and promoting the activities of this lad, the less good it becomes for

I'm pretty sure that the more active of a hand that the company might take in supporting and promoting the activities of this lad, the less good it becomes for the company if/when something "goes wrong" (for absurdly loose definitions of "wrong", being, the low bar of a filing a civil suit on contingency).