# Social Enterprise **Domain:** Entrepreneurship / Service / Institutions **Doc Type:** Canonical concept node **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition A social enterprise uses an operating business model to pursue a public, community, or human benefit alongside financial continuity. ## Mechanism and Significance Revenue can fund staff, tools, distribution, and durability, while the service mission directs those capacities toward people and outcomes the venture intends to help. ## Evidence Boundary A declared mission does not prove social benefit. Conduct, allocation, measurable outcomes, and treatment of participants determine whether service and enterprise genuinely reinforce one another. ## Relationships [[wiki/Entrepreneurship|Entrepreneurship]] · [[wiki/Generosity|Generosity]] · [[wiki/Social Capital|Social Capital]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > “Business and service can go together. A venture can be part business and part service, keeping the wheels of prosperity turning while continually giving back and helping as many people as possible.” > **— Bryant McGill**, *Organic Reach and the Democratization of Influence - Livestream (Jan 2016)* [[reminders/Entrepreneurship/Business and Service Can Sustain Each Other by Bryant McGill|Business and Service Can Sustain Each Other by Bryant McGill]]