But Rivian has a tremendous start, with a factory, hundreds of employees, and great timing, given that Tesla has borne the brunt of the market's reaction to both EV's and startup carmakers.
Likewise, Josh Wolff of Kansas City, who was injured much of last season, "had great timing," according to Noonan, when he signed a contract that will pay him $418,571 this year.
Vince McMahon's legacy as the greatest pro wrestling promoter of all time has long-since been sealed, but a mixture of good luck and great timing are to blame for WWE's most recent run of financial prosperity.
The Korean Central News Agency said the country's citizens were happy with the "great timing" of their leader's decision to "hit the arrogant Americans in the nose" by conducting the first ICBM test to coincide with Independence Day.
1.40pm GMT Time won't give me time @Busfield is sticking to his guns in the great timing debate of 2014.
The products we've chosen aren't just innovative and awesome, but carry all the ingredients of a successful crowdfunding campaign: great timing, excellent exposure, solid financial backing, and that extra dash of the unexplainable.
Just ahead of Easter, it is not great timing for Mars," she said.
From Herbert Hoover's vow to end poverty in 1928, thus proving that the secret of great comedy is indeed great timing, to Bush senior's pledge to read his lips no new taxes, and his son's pledge to hit a golf ball a long way, politics is littered with outrageous promises and whopping great lies.
