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CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We consent to the references to our firm in the Post-Effective Amendment
No. 15 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A of the Firsthand Funds and to
the use of our report dated January 21, 2000 on the financial statements and
financial highlights of The Technology Value Fund, The Technology Leaders Fund,
The Technology Innovators Fund, The Communications Fund, and The e-Commerce
Fund, each a series of shares of the Firsthand Funds. Such financial statements
and financial highlights appear in the 1999 Annual Report to Shareholders, which
is incorporated by reference in the Registration Statement.
TAIT, WELLER & BAKER
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
November 21, 2000
