Gannons Corporate Partner, Helen Curtis, offers some advice to angel investors on managing their relationship with founders. 

Angels invest in people. Studies show that one of the top reasons for angel investment is the belief that the founder or founding team can grow the company. But life gets in the way and the founder may want to move on or may be forced by circumstances to leave the start up before you have realised your investment. What happens to the start up when the founder is no longer in the game?