Category: Investment Banking Hambrecht & Quist URL: http://www.hamquist.com/ Sponsor: Hambrecht & Quist, San Francisco Audience: Executives with emerging growth companies, financial services executives who want to investigate electronic commerce opportunities

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Description: This site offers a sampling of recent news in H & Q News; basic information about the company in About H & Q; Research; Investment Banking; Sales and Trading; H & Q Events; and finally, H & Q Talk, which delivers a list of e-mail contact addresses.

Purpose: To provide clients and customers with an understanding of Hambrecht & Quist's grasp of the needs of entrepreneurs and growth companies.

Content: H & Q wisely showcases Internet investment news and trends in its H & Q Internet Quarterly as well as full texts of related articles on the wireless communications market. About H & Q offers information on the history and mission of H & Q, executive profiles, press releases and articles, and an office directory, while Research focuses on areas that include electronic technology, healthcare, business information services, and branded consumer growth and offers excerpts of reports as well as a research publications database. Investment Banking profiles the firm's services, focusing on areas such as corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, and corporate services, while Venture Capital deals with the firm's venture-related activities such as H & Q Asia Pacific, Adobe Ventures, LP, Venture Services, and Guaranty Finance. Finally, Sales & Trading delivers information on H & Q Sales, Executive Financial Services, Institutional Sales, and Trading. Also provided is a calendar that lists where H & Q executives will speak.

Most intriguing feature: It appears as if each content area of the site has its own product manager who's interested in receiving e-mail feedback. Other areas such as Venture Capital serve up contacts for five separate categories, including environmental technology and venture services. Also valuable is the database that allows you to search for reports by company or by one of several industry categories, including branded consumer, electronic technology, healthcare, and information services.

Cautions about access: This site goes beyond what the average investment firm delivers to its clients and customers. While the information is restricted to H & Q's point of view, the categories are exhaustive and well annotated. Balance the perspectives offered in this site with those offered by other investment banking firms.

Additional contact information:

Marla Goldstein
E-mail: mgoldstein@hamquist.com