Despite the benefits of Hambrecht's approach, the world is hardly beating a path to his door.
Alas, not everyone is as proud of the chemical industry as Hambrecht and his colleagues are.
"You cannot manufacture chemicals better than we do, " boasts Hambrecht, the company's 59-year-old chairman.
Patricia Hambrecht, a former president at Christie's, joined the jeweler as president last December.
It was Bill Hambrecht (63 years old), gearing up to attack his old business, the 7% fee underwriter.
Whether Hambrecht KOs Wall Street or not, he shows that 'tude, not age, is what tomorrow is all about.
For Mr Hambrecht, the Verbund represents a huge advantage in an industry in which competition is increasing, especially in Asia.
"It was very frustrating, " Hambrecht says of the efforts to sell his system in the Silicon Valley territory he knows well.
Hambrecht, says that he suspects the FDA may want to see the data from this new trial before it approves the drug.
As for Hambrecht, although it has grown steadily, it is still small, and that has become a hindrance to winning new business.
"In an open-IPO auction--as its name implies--any qualified investor can open an account and bid for shares, " says Gregory Hartmann , Hambrecht's general counsel.
"A lot of people do not know about chemistry, " says Hambrecht.
So Hambrecht, a 29-year veteran of BASF who received his Ph.
In Hambrecht's view consumers' and policymakers' command of chemistry is frequently limited to vague memories of exploding beakers and funny smells in a high school laboratory.
After this week, Hambrecht and the rest of the owners will fight any claim that they be held personally liable for breach of UFL player contracts.
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After all, Hambrecht says, shampoo companies, car manufacturers, safety equipment makers and toy businesses all rely on the chemical industry for ingredients that will give them an edge.
Intriguingly, before throwing in its lot with Chase, Hambrecht had flirted with Merrill Lynch, which also wants clout in Silicon Valley and has little overlap with Hambrecht's clients.
Chase hopes to sell some of its other products to Hambrecht's clients and to offer Hambrecht's expertise to its own, as they rise to the challenge of the Internet.
The Dutch auction allows "a better price-discovery system, " Hambrecht says.
Given the hysterical business headlines of the time, issuers also saw a hot IPO as a "branding event, " but any benefit from such branding was extremely short-lived, Hambrecht says.
Rempfer also filed a complaint against the UFL, Hambrecht, the Las Vegas Locomotives UFL team and Jim Fassell, in his capacity as head coach, general manager and president of the Locomotives.
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So Europe bears the brunt of the burden, and Hambrecht says Germany is one of the few of the 25 European Union nations now fulfilling their obligations, putting its industry at a competitive disadvantage.
Bill Hambrecht , owner of the Omaha Nighthawks and founder of the UFL, has personally guaranteed the payment of all monies owed through October 13 to players on his team (who sign the Personal Guarantee agreement).
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There is no way that a 37 year old Harvard grad would be on the Motorola board unless Icahn had fought a proxy contest to get him on (along with Bill Hambrecht in a 2008 agreement).
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