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BODMAS: Who writes the equation?
At the centre of most business equations lies the balance between division and multiplication. Division is how responsibilities, risk and rewards are distributed. Multiplication is how value is created. Founders multiply ideas with execution. Investors multiply capital with patience.
Last week, we explored a simple idea from primary school. BODMAS. The rule that determines the order in which equations should be solved: Brackets. Orders. Division and Multiplication. Addition and Subtraction. Ignore the order, and the answer becomes nonsense. Follow it and even complicated expressions resolve into something logical.
But after Part 1, a few readers sent messages with a sharper question: If life really behaves like an equation, who writes the equation in the first place? Because solving correctly is one thing. Designing the equation is something else entirely.
