The given statement claims about the judgement bases for success in business which can only be interpreted by the money made from the business. Right now In society, it is often considered that if someone is making a good amount of money than the business is running successfully. It often overlooks other constraints that can frictions the overall aspects of the business and only judges the by the annual income made.
Firstly, given by the statement, money can often prove to be the only true indicator of the success of the business. In some cases, Even by measuring the overall costs of the production, marketing, deliveries and any other aspects of the business, the annual revenue often outweighs all these costs. These even indicates the success of the idea on which the business runs. It even further facilitates to other aspects that can lead to more success ground, business growth and to making a firm standing in the market place. So, by the money made from the business, one can often simply interpret that the business runs successfully.
But considering to the other viewpoints, sometimes it often looks not rational for only considering the money made to determine the success ground of the business. There can be many other aspects that shows the success of the business, Such as the popularity it gains, even among the common people by the features they provide in their product , the requirements of the society and of the common people the business attempts to fulfil successfully. As considering example of many small businesses that runs successfully serving to the society, gaining a trustworthy foundation in business world, and these can often lead to better opportunities in future that will help to make a successful ground of the business in the market place.
In sum, I believe that the money made from the business may indicate the successful run of it but it cannot be solely defined by that as the judgements can often change by the situation and also by the viewpoints of the people.