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Bryan Brumfield has poured most of his life savings into the artisanal wine business he plans to start after he retires as an Oakland firefighter in March and needs additional capital to bring in outside expertise. Daniel Hsu has networked up a storm on social media for his e-commerce clothing site and now needs $10,000 in startup capital. All three entrepreneurs would love to tap the power of social media to find additional investors online who would each put up small amounts of money in exchange for equity stakes in their companies, a concept called "crowd funding.
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