Some people think:

“My goal is to make money”

Other people think:

“I need to make some money to achieve my goal”

There are plenty of people from the second category that run businesses, but probably more from the first though.

The question is whether you want to make money in the short term or in the long term. You can do a lot of things that will increase profits for a few years but kill the company long term.

Stock markets reward the short term. This, not MBAs, is the root issue. MBAs are just doing what the shareholders are demanding.

If I were to make a product, I would hope that I'm making money because it's a quality product people like and want to buy because it's good, and not because I'm delivering the minimum possible value not considered fraud to extract maximum value from the customer.

Making money is an indicator that you are producing something that consumers need and want but it should not be the ultimate goal.

A company should stay true to its mission and vision.