ramen profitable

English

Etymology

Ramen noodles are a cheap food.

Adjective

ramen profitable (comparative more ramen profitable, superlative most ramen profitable)

  1. (business) Producing just enough profit for survival.
    Their new company was ramen profitable, and the founders could feed themselves while they worked on expansion.
    • 2018, Evan Burfield, Regulatory Hacking: A Playbook for Startups:
      One reason is that regulated startups struggle to fit into the model of “ramen profitable.”