If your VC funded business fails, you probably still collected a salary. Also "failed" could mean, you had a $50m exit. You could still argue it's a bad trade,

If your VC funded business fails, you probably still collected a salary. Also "failed" could mean, you had a $50m exit. You could still argue it's a bad trade, poor work-life balance etc. but it's not like 1% chance of being a billionaire or debtors prison.