Client Spotlight: Drive Social Media
TenantBase helped Drive Social Media open its first Nashville office in 2017. Nine years later, Drive has made the Inc. 5000 list of fastest-growing companies eight times, with offices in five cities.
Corey Boxx, Director of New Market Development at Drive, was kind enough to chat about everything from opening their first expansion into the Nashville market to the best lunch spot in town.
Update, 2026: Drive Social Media's growth since this story was first published has been extraordinary. The company has been named to the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing private companies every year since 2017, an eight-time honoree, and has expanded well beyond St. Louis and Nashville into Miami, Atlanta, and Tampa, with more than 200 employees company-wide. Drive is confirmed still operating in Downtown Nashville today.
Drive's growth has been explosive since this marketing and creative agency started in St. Louis in 2012. Soon after, they started to search for a new market to open in, and the stars seemed to align for Nashville as another home base for the company. Their team saw and loved what Nashville was becoming.
TenantBase started working with Drive shortly after they began their search for an office space in Nashville. As a creative agency, it was important to Drive to find a space that reflected their brand to clients but also functioned well for their team. "Something that improves the client experience and improves that interaction was priority," says Boxx. After a year of having a temporary space in midtown, Drive was quickly ready for something bigger. The downtown renovated CitySpace, within the Renaissance Hotel, caught their eye as a more permanent home. "The floor to ceiling windows and collaborative workspace is exactly what is conducive to our brand and the clients we serve." The 5,500 square feet of space would allow them to double their team size as they continued to serve brands in the Nashville area.
"I was impressed with the professionalism of TenantBase and the turnaround time to get in and see a space. They helped us through every step of the way and referred us to multiple relationships to work with throughout the process, from contractors to designers."
Corey Boxx, Director of New Market Development, Drive Social Media
Drive's growth really has been due to their mindset: "Failure is only a result of people who quit." Boxx admits that as they grew into the Nashville market, they did little conventional market research, but their team knew that with a little luck and a lot of hard work they could take on the new city and fulfill their anticipated growth. It proved to work well for them, with 60 to 70 local clients in Nashville at the time, and plans to double that number in the coming year along with their team.
Drive moved into their Downtown Nashville office space that July. Corey talked about how downtown was his favorite neighborhood since moving to Nashville in 2015. "It's hard to not get swept up in the music and energy when you walk past Broadway, there's nothing like it." The Drive team also loved hitting up the East side for Mitchell's Deli and their unique sandwiches for lunch. You can learn more about Drive and their services at their website.
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