# Community Enterprise **Domain:** Entrepreneurship / Community **Doc Type:** Concept Node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition **Community Enterprise** is enterprise rooted in reciprocal relationships among local people, customers, makers, suppliers, and institutions whose shared prosperity strengthens the venture itself. ## Mechanism and Practice Community enterprise replaces the myth of isolated success with a network model. Service, local purchasing, trust, recognition, and mutual support create social capital that can become customers, referrals, resilience, and opportunity. ## Relationships - **Related concepts:** [[wiki/Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneurship]] · [[wiki/Social Capital|Social Capital]] · [[wiki/Community Support|Community Support]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Serving a community generously builds a business. Offering free portraits or services to neighbors and local businesses creates gratitude that lasts for years. Those relationships naturally lead to paid opportunities.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Inner Wealth - Livestream (Aug 2015)* [[reminders/Social Capital/Serving a Community Generously Builds a Business by Bryant McGill|Serving a Community Generously Builds a Business by Bryant McGill]] > “Entrepreneurship thrives in community. The image of the lone wolf hides the network of customers, suppliers, and neighbors behind every success. Prosperity grows through mutual support.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Money, Self-Worth, and Decentralized Opportunity, Part 2 - Livestream (Nov 2016)* [[reminders/Entrepreneurship/Entrepreneurship Thrives in Community by Bryant McGill|Entrepreneurship Thrives in Community by Bryant McGill]] > “Local businesses deserve distinction from large predatory practices. A neighborhood tire shop or woodworker trying to make a living is building community. Directing frustration accurately protects the small enterprises that keep towns vibrant.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Money, Self-Worth, and Decentralized Opportunity, Part 2 - Livestream (Nov 2016)* [[reminders/Social Capital/Local Enterprise Keeps Towns Vibrant by Bryant McGill|Local Enterprise Keeps Towns Vibrant by Bryant McGill]] > “Community is a form of currency. A person with little money can still build wealth by becoming known, trusted, and valued locally. Service, reliability, and care create an asset no bank can hold.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Inner Wealth - Livestream (Aug 2015)* [[reminders/Social Capital/Community Is a Form of Currency by Bryant McGill|Community Is a Form of Currency by Bryant McGill]]