Private equity (PE) is a rich guy and gal favorite, but they don’t like dealing with common folk. : Isometric businessman selling ideas to client standing near suitcase full of banknotes, businessman ... [+] trying to convince client to buy his creative light bulb, creativity and marketing. Private equity (PE) is a rich guy and gal favorite. PE firms find deals and deliver outsized dividends. They don’t like dealing with common folk. So, PE shops typically set a minimum of a few hundred thousand dollars or so to invest. But we contrarians have a better way!