From a table in his office at Endeavor on the fourth level of One Main, one of downtown Greenville’s premiere office developments, Joe Erwin, founder of Endeavor and Greenville-based Erwin-Penland, recalled a poignant moment when he was hit by a side of the community he, admittedly, doesn’t experience every day.
Along with a variety of memberships (varying from daytime memberships to lockable offices), Endeavor hosts monthly events called Collaborators & Cocktails.
Erwin’s goal for the co-working space is to cultivate a community among professionals and companies that wouldn’t necessarily know to work together without running into each other at Endeavor.
Collaborators & Cocktails is a series of monthly networking events that Endeavor hosts for members.
A graduate of Clemson University, Joe Erwin, 60, began his career at Greenville’s Leslie Advertising, and joined DMB&B in New York before returning to Greenville in 1986 to purchase Penland Advertising.
Cowork spaces are designed for contracted workers, freelancers and new or smaller businesses looking for a home base. One of the more prominent spaces in Greenville is Endeavor, and they’re quickly making their presence known.
Dillon will share how the 65-year-old brand moved from dwindling customer engagement to experiencing the highest same-store sales and traffic growth in over a decade.
Dave Ridley shared his philosophy on marketing and creating a strong company culture with members of Endeavor, a co-working space for creative professionals.
The company serves as an umbrella for his consulting work, charitable activities and Endeavor, a $10 million investment to develop a co-working space in downtown’s One building geared toward creative professionals and small companies in marketing, advertising and public relations.
