7.2c Dave must resign now., page-76

You forgot to mention she didn't fail due to lack of effort. She actually tried to make it work, it's when it didn't work she would blame the employees and technicians. Then create a new team to start all over again and do it continuously as the product was almost impossible to make. 

All while hiding it from prying eyes, Kissinger was invested. 

Sounds like a few things happening at Buddy, but he will try hard. So you never know one venture might pay off.