A Brief History of the Gumption Memo

1992

preliminary work on the document which later became the Gumption Memo

1993

finished writing the original Gumption Memo

printed about 25 draft copies and had them reviewed

printed about 370 copies and gave them to friends, family, etc.

1994

created a revised and updated 1994 Gumption Memo

printed about 750 copies and distributed them more widely

gave many copies away at Kepler's bookstore in Menlo Park, California

offered copies for sale at Kepler's for a couple bucks each but nobody bought any

wrote to literary agents about getting the Gumption Memo published but quickly learned that there's not much market for this

1995

created a World Wide Web HTML version of the Gumption Memo

gave away the last of the Gumption Trust money -- $83,000 in all

1996

wrote up a short Final Accounting of the Gumption Trust project

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