Profit is not the legitimate purpose of business. The legitimate purpose of business is to provide a product or service that people need and do it so well that it's profitable.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Legitimate profit is good. What's bad is profiteering.
Profits should be for a purpose. Profits should be productive. You should make money for producing benefits that make the world a better place. Making money is a good thing when it is made in service to humanity or the democracy.
Profitability is a shallow goal if it doesn't have a real purpose, and the purpose has to be share the profits with others.
Profit in business comes from repeat customers, customers that boast about your project or service, and that bring friends with them.
The sole purpose of business is service. The sole purpose of advertising is explaining the service which business renders.
The central task for a business is to make a profit. The challenge is to make a profit by doing things which are genuinely good for people and good for societies.
I feel that doing business is just like practising Buddhism. Money is not your only purpose. Your purpose is to make things better for other people, and in the end, money will come as a result.
Profit is the sole criterion used by the establishment to evaluate economic activity. From the rat race to lame ducks. The vocabulary in vogue is a give-away. It's more reminiscent of a human menagerie than human society.
The purpose of a business is to create customers.
If someone is going to profit from your work, they need to earn it.
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