micro investments

a foundation that finances investments in small companies 

so that a café that wants a salt water aquarium to draw customers 

gets that investment from the foundation 

the foundation could own the saltwater aquarium 

and allow the café to have it without cost 

as long as the café takes care of the saltwater aquarium 

buying the saltwater aquarium is probably the big cost 

while maintaining the saltwater aquarium is a small cost 

the same model could be applied to 

a gaming café that needs gaming computers 

but can't afford them 

or a small factory that needs machines 

but can't afford them 

and so on 

micro investments is nothing new 

and has been applied in both rich and poor countries 

both rich and poor individuals 

have financed micro investments in small companies 

small companies have got micro investments to buy tools for the trade 

and gaming studios have got micro investments to produce games 

but micro investments could be taken a lot further 

a big company having a factory in a city 

could have a foundation 

which finances investments in small companies in that city 

that benefits personnel and customers of the big company 

and that foundation gives the big company influence in that city 

so if the city gives the big company a bad deal 

then the big company moves to another city 

and the foundation moves it's investments to another city 

if every big company had their own foundation 

financing investments and micro investments 

in the area that the big companies are operating in 

then there would be so many foundations 

that the bureaucracies of governments 

would have difficulties keeping track of all the investments 

that were going on 

which could exhaust the bureaucracies of governments 

and that could increase the influence of big companies