what are the disadvantages of angel investing to an entrepreneur 
the entrepreneur is giving up a share of the company and its future profits in return for angel investing many angel investors want some control over the development of the product as well they often want a seat on the board or its equivalent the bottom lineangel investing has grown over the past few decades into a primary source of funding for many entrepreneurs in the early planning stages of turning their ideas into businesses this in turn has fostered innovation that translates into economic growth for the entrepreneur an angel investor provides a much needed lifeline that is not available through more conventional funding sources for the angel investor involvement in early stage startups has big risks but the potential for big rewards including personal participation in an innovative project 