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According to a report from Harvard Business Review, 95 percent of professionals feel face-to-face networking is essential to maintain long-term business connections. However, not everyone is interested—or even confident—in their ability to increase social capital through a professional network. In fact, based on a recent poll of almost 5,000 respondents, only 24 percent are still in touch with old contacts. And only 28 and 31 percent focus on new or existing connections. 

What if I told you that there’s a near-endless source of rich information that your brand might be underutilizing? Seems too good to be true, right? Trust me – it’s there. While monitoring and responding is a great practice and does benefit your business and brand image, social listening can provide you with much more useful information and insights that can be directly applied to help you grow your brand and stay successful.

Starting your own business can be a high-risk, high-reward endeavor. If there’s one thing we can say about successful entrepreneurs, it’s that they learn from their mistakes. To help shorten the learning curve, here are seven tips for first-time entrepreneurs from our Endeavor community:

Endeavor, the coworking and office space community in downtown Greenville’s ONE tower, announces three new All Access members: Beth Gibson, president of Planning Solutions Corp; Nick Dennison, loan officer at MiMutual Mortgage; and Scott Terry, regional managing director at Lerch Bates.

A great attitude, leadership ability, a collaborative spirit—these are all things that any company would be lucky to find in an employee. And yet, they won’t show up in a GPA, an aptitude score, or a code test. “Soft skills,” as they’re known, might be difficult to measure, but they’re incredibly important in today’s workplace. Whether you have a three-person team or work for a multi-national corporation, I’d venture to bet your business would improve dramatically if your soft skills improved. Let me tell you what I me

Coworking spaces combine your team’s creativity with opportunities for networking to produce great ideas and connections. At Endeavor Coworking, we believe that many of our members’ greatest accomplishments result from teamwork, shared innovation, increased focus & productivity, and our bright, creative spaces. If you want to tap in on that collaborative environment with your team, here’s what you can expect when you visit or become a member of  our coworking community:

More than 218 million U.S. consumers are forecasted to shop online this year—and that’s a ton of potential customers your business could target. But with the virtual landscape becoming saturated with internet-savvy brands, your marketing plan needs to stand out from the competition and align with the expectations of today’s consumers.  

For many, a new year means new resolutions, and a fresh start. It’s another chance to attempt something we told ourselves we would do last year, the year before, and possibly even the year before. More often than not, these resolutions tend to revolve around personal health; whether it be, “I’m going to eat better,” “I’m going to get a gym membership,” or “I’m going to actually use my gym membership.”

GREENVILLE, SC – Endeavor, the coworking and office space community in downtown Greenville’s ONE tower, announces that Rich Cutter, Chick-fil-A’s In-House Creative Director, will speak at its Collaborators & Cocktails speaker series on February 28th from 5:00 – 7:15 p.m. Sharing his professional journey, creative point of view, and fresh, trailblazing work, Cutter will offer an inside look at how the iconic brand cultivates breakthrough ideas that impact sales and people’s lives.

If you’re on a mission to expand your company or elevate your craft, your plan probably hinges on maximizing opportunities without increasing costs. A coworking space like Endeavor is designed to help you meet those objectives—and evolve as your work does.