Virgin Galactic isn’t a profitable company either. They could be, of course.
My point was that you can start with a small company with a well-defined goal and product then continue to grow the vision, as long as you remain profitable.
Yeah I don't disagree here, my point was that Blue Origin's particular goal and product bootstrapping from space tourism has already been tried and more or less failed. Whereas Musk's/SpaceX's goal is to get a Mars colony going, they started with something different than space tourism and it seems to be working out.