So he called it a day and travelled to Uganda with his micro investment business Shauku to set up the country's first marathon.
Micro-investment service, Acorns, which automatically invests small amounts from its customers' bank accounts into investment funds, has bought Vault, a Portland-based developer of retirement fund investment services.
There is even the option for "crowdfunded" buy-to-let, with a host of micro-investment companies offering the chance to invest in property for as little as £500.
Kickstarter says it abjures the idea of crowdfunding as micro-investment, even as this is now legal under American law (specific regulations are still being thrashed out).
The east London-based brand which specialises in hand knits – either ready knitted or in kit form to knit yourself – has just unleashed the power of its online community to raise an extraordinary £1m of funding via the micro-investment website Crowdcube.
Also, seed investors commonly don't disclose all their micro-investments, particularly for stealth startups.
Despite that, he said deals will be "pre-seed, micro-investments to help entrepreneurs take their ideas to prototype stage".
Normally reserved for struggling, developing-world entrepreneurs, Kiva is piloting a new project, called Zip, to allow small business owners to solicit micro-investments from their neighbors.
You can finance startups with micro-investments, getting in return lots of benefits ranging from potential revenues to practical experience of being in business.
Acorns, the financial management service for micro-investments, is adding a rewards debit card to its arsenal of tools aimed at getting Americans to create balanced stock portfolios for economic health.
