ideas are just a multiplier of execution

[kul]

http://www.oreillynet.com/onlamp/blog/2005/08/ideas_are_just_a_multiplier_of.html

[pg]

It seems a reasonable model to say that outcome = idea x execution, but there's no reason to put the dollar sign on the execution.

Rather than

outcome = idea x $execution

The more honest model would be

outcome = $(idea x execution)

[jamiequint]

is this stolen out of the Getting Real book or did they steal it off of this guy's website??