# Under Construction This playbook under construction and being developed by a team in [The Peer Garden](http://www.thepeergarden.com/). New contributors are welcome. Taking inspiration from the lessons learned from creating [Enspiral](http://www.enspiral.com), this playbook is an effort to extract a core pattern and some simple recipes that people wanting to create similar organisations can benefit from. ![Photo by Colin Czerwinski on Unsplash](https://3689482794-files.gitbook.io/~/files/v0/b/gitbook-legacy-files/o/assets%2F-LCRZFupR7NhNrYdLZgs%2F-LCRfXbZfUb3hQj7vxgY%2F-LCRfaLVTCBZvieIEaVt%2Fcolin-czerwinski-577547-unsplash.jpg?alt=media\&token=91720de5-43d4-4f7f-9cf6-b3ffd635e354) ## What is an Entrepreneurial Cooperative? It is both a cooperative of entrepreneurs and a cooperative focused on launching ventures. It looks like a group of friends who help each other grow businesses. It is a way an entrepreneur can gain skills, capital and support from their peers. It is a strategy to help potential co-founders build a relationship over years before jumping in to a venture together. It is a safety net that can support entrepreneurs when the going gets tough and support them if their venture fails. ## Why are you writing this playbook? Over the years we have had many people contact us saying "how do I create an Enspiral where I am". Many of us at Enspiral have worked hard to share what we've learned through our [blog](https://medium.com/enspiral-tales), [handbook](https://handbook.enspiral.com/) and workshops. Our collective strategy has not been to grow Enspiral but to open source components so people can copy the parts they like and we can all learn together. This playbook is a continuation of that strategy. The aim is to distill the key learnings and turn them into actionable recipes that you can use to grow your own Entrepreneurial Cooperative. ## Want to know more? Whether you are just at the beginning of your journey or have been active in this space for a long time, you are most welcome to join us in [The Peer Garden](http://www.thepeergarden.com/) to help make this resource as useful as it can be. --- # Agent Instructions: Querying This Documentation If you need additional information that is not directly available in this page, you can query the documentation dynamically by asking a question. Perform an HTTP GET request on the current page URL with the `ask` query parameter: ``` GET https://the-peer-garden.gitbook.io/entrepreneurial-cooperative-playbook/master.md?ask= ``` The question should be specific, self-contained, and written in natural language. The response will contain a direct answer to the question and relevant excerpts and sources from the documentation. Use this mechanism when the answer is not explicitly present in the current page, you need clarification or additional context, or you want to retrieve related documentation sections.