Exactly the opposite, business can be profitable from the next day, it's break-even that can't be achieved in a day!
If I open a cofee hop in which I pour 20 000 euros, of course, I won't be able to make 20 000 next day but if I make 1 euro above what I spent for the day it's profitable from day one!
Let's have a bet on this, I give you example after example, and for you give a BTC!
Since it's a fantasy and you say it's impossible I don't think you have a problem with this, right?
Nice, let's re-write basic economic definitions, because...u said so
https://www.entrepreneur.com/encyclopedia/return-on-investment-roi
Now to all, seems like you guys have spent too much time in mining and crypto and have lost a bit of touch with reality and basic economics, no offense!
There is a huge difference between a business being profitable and a different one in recouping the investments made, but no serious business will ever try that, that's not how you plan a successful one. Also, there is this thing about the return of investments, that is not calculated in profits.
Take my coffee shop in the above example which I put 20 000 euros, I make 20 euros profit a day so it will take 1000 days to recover that money but why does it even have to be like that? First most of the machinery I bought including the furniture's still my property, and the assets, so If I sold them it would be a much larger profit and not just break even. Then, why do I have to stop and wait for that ROI, maybe when I put down 8 000 I realize it's quite a good opportunity to have a second coffee shop I borrow 12 000 and now I'm in debt 12 000 but! the business is still profitable. I might never have again 20 000 in cash but I would have a profitable chain with assets that would outscore those 20k by a large margin!
The same applies for my family farm business, if you would look at the debt you're going to say how we survive but just the machinery would easily cover that, we've never had the same cash amount on us or in our account but the profits is there and the assets are bigger than the fiat value at that time, so for most of the views above the business would be bankrupt by now but no, it's quite the opposite.