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    Paul Graham‏Verified account @paulg 7 May 2016

    "Plan A2" – optimistic founder's name for what most of us would call Plan B

    3:33 PM - 7 May 2016
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    • ONLICAR Itai Damti Ljupcho Allan Jiang [eto nexorošo] Prajwal Bhat Stephen Oman 𝙼𝚒𝚒𝚔𝚊 𝚁𝚒𝚜𝚜𝚊𝚗𝚎𝚗 Abdelmadjid Cherfaoui
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      1. Jonathan Champ‏ @meaningbusiness 7 May 2016
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        @paulg optimist founders always claim 'no plan B'.

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      1. No K Just Marc‏ @nofjustabricate 7 May 2016
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        @paulg vs. planAtoo which is popular with the easily distracted founder.

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      1. Justin Jones‏ @devpuppy 7 May 2016
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        @paulg Plan A^2: like doubling down, but exponential!

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      1. Shayne 'History is Now' Mitchell‏ @CultOfSignal 7 May 2016
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        @paulg "A2" could also represent predicting a need for more than 26 plan revisions.

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      1. eric kovar‏ @ekovar 7 May 2016
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        @paulg plan A2 is the new "pivot"

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      1. Andrew Ford‏ @maybeandrewford 7 May 2016
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        @paulg easily showed how non technical he is by not calling it plan A1

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      1. Nicholson, John C‏ @nicholsonjohnc 7 May 2016
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        @paulg yep, I always just say "well, time to get started on Plan A" and the other one becomes Plan B.

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      1. Irene Hitchcock‏ @IreneElisabethH 11 May 2016
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        @paulg @gragtah They are in the milk business??? O.O

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