It doesn't have to be the only goal, but if you're not making money you will not be able to achieve anything else. So it's the thing that enables any other goals you might have (and, I might add, it's the main thing that makes it worth the risk, vs. just putting your money in savings bonds or something).

Read my post again, of course companies have to make money.

My problem is with those whose __only__ goal is to make money.

That would exclude approximately 99% of all the businesses that have ever existed (including most of those that claim to have some other, loftier goal)

Giving people a place to buy and drink coffee.