Investment Funds to Finance Rock Band
Alexander Vanhof always dreamed of having his own rock band. He got together with a couple of guys right out of college and played a few gigs. Things were just not taking off for the wannabe rocker. The consensus of the guys in the band, Todd Hammershine, Billy Tourmine and Cecil Becker was that if they had more money, they would be more successful.
The first place they tried to get money was the bank. They applied for a small business loan but were turned away because the loan officer said their rock band was a hobby not a small business and they must find funds elsewhere.
The next place the guys tried to find a way to finance their rock band was by finding a sponsor. After searching everywhere for someone to pay their way, they came upon a willing patron. Willie’s Chicken Shak would pay them $100 for every set they played dressed in multicolored chicken suits. This was not what the guys had in mind for their rock band. Although they needed the money, it was not worth the humiliation of the band.
The men gave up on their dream of playing in a successful rock band and went back to their day jobs. Alexander Vanhof went back to his job as a legal counselor for a major accounting firm; Todd Hammershine went back to his job selling cars over at the Toyota dealership. Billy Tourmine was just a butcher once more and Cecil Becker went back to teaching eighth graders at the local middle school.
One day Alexander was loosing focus as he listened to one of his clients go on and on about how they needed to know what to do with all of the money that they were making off the investment they made in shipping funds. Alexander zoned back in and began listening to how this man invested his money in these shipping funds and had not only made his money back, but was making so much money he was concerned someone may think he was a criminal. He swore by his fund broker (Fondsvermittler), and Alexander scribbled down the name he gave.
That was it. That was how he and the guys were going to get all the money they needed to finance the rock band. He called Todd, Billy and Cecil and filled them in on the idea. The men pooled together all of the money that they could possibly get together. Alexander then contacted a fund broker to find out all of the details to purchasing shipping funds. The broker was very helpful and the guys were soon joint owners in shipping funds.
Over the next couple of years, they watched their money grow and grow. They went out and got all the sound equipment they could find. They bought a tour bus and had it redone with a custom interior - they even drove the bus across the country and stayed in quite a few expensive hotels. However, the rock band has become more of a hobby on the weekends as the guys are making more money with shipping funds (Schiffsfonds) than they ever would in a rock band; they are just not that talented.