Your favorite bar band wants to make a new CD; contribute to the project and, if it succeeds, you get a copy. Or your favorite bartender wants to buy the bar, which might otherwise go under; kick in to the cause and, if he raises the cash to succeed, you get half-priced beers for a year.
Your local coffee bar serves some really good snacks. The company that makes them needs cash. Invest in them, and you might get to share in the profits as they go from supplying stores in your area to signing contracts with big national grocery chains.
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