And even then, Mr. Preston says, he's not making a profit it's a labor of love.
"Heck no, we're not turning a profit, " says backpacker-turned-entrepreneur David Haines, ActionAce's president and CEO.
Diversification strategies do not ensure a profit and cannot protect against losses in a broadly declining market.
In America, Edison, the market leader, has not made a profit in a decade, despite already running 79 schools.
They are culling them in order to match numbers to available habitat, so why not turn a profit on the tusks?
Asset allocation does not ensure a profit or protect against a loss.
On the other end, Google is basically giving away the OS to gain presence, so it is certainly not playing a profit margin game!
But if Sony does not report a profit for the fourth quarter of 2012, the company will post five full years of consecutive losses.
Strategies discussed do not guarantee a profit or ensure against loss.
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Although his factory is still not making a profit, the local partner wants to receive dividends because the study envisaged that the factory would be making money by then.
Its chiefs said then their main objective was reducing organised crime, not making a profit and they hoped to break even by the end of their third year of operation.
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Another private institution which is expected to be given the university title soon is Regent's College in London, which does not take a profit, but instead ploughs funds back in to the institution.
At the same time, I truly believe there are plenty of people in the insurance industry who wish their companies did not make a profit by excluding the woman who discovers she's genetically predisposed towards getting breast cancer, or by burdening the family whose child has autism with unmanageable premiums.
You can fund an HSA account even if you contribute to a 401(k) or other retirement plan and even if your income is too high to fund a deductible IRA. Unlike some retirement plans for small businesses and the self-employed, an HSA can be funded (and deducted from other income) even if you do not show a profit from your business.
They are setting up a business designed not to make a profit, but to get the attention of a larger company where they want to work .
Whenever there was a not for profit to audit that my firm could not go after due to independence or not being a good fit, Linda was the first person I would call.
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Facebook is not a non-profit, it needs to make a buck.
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Mr Graves said the couple were able to make a living from their trade but did not make a huge profit.
If you are running a small not for profit, this can be a tempting budget move, but I recomend you think real hard before doing it.
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Government has a different mission and obligation to take care of and show compassion for its people not to turn a profit.
You can pay an exorbitant fee for a license and not even be making a profit in your business.
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Richard Holland, one of five volunteers who run the not-for-profit company, said not many swimming pools make a profit these days and it became clear they needed to diversify to attract more users and income.
At the heart of this groundswell is a return to passion not mere profit, and a renaissance period of the crafts and craftsmanship that once fueled our nation and the world.
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Even if you're not trying to make a profit, running a research organization is not cheap.
Most of the people we spoke to wanted to create something extraordinary, not just make a profit.
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