Our Program
SKU is THE Market-Validated, Consumer Product Goods Accelerator
We educate and equip companies with market-validated products for growth into world-class brands.
SKU surrounds stellar startups with tailored mentor teams of rockstar entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. Our 14 week intensive program provides exclusive insider access to industry leaders, key retailers, and the tools necessary to accelerate smarter, faster growth.
Alumni Companies
4 Tracks, 23 stellar start-ups, We love our companies!
Our alumni are currently turning heads across industries and becoming hot acquisition targets. Check them out!
The SKU Advantage
We love what we do and we do it and it shows!
The SKU Ecosystem
We educate and equip companies with market-validated products for growth into world-class brands.
SKU surrounds stellar startups with tailored mentor teams of rockstar entrepreneurs, investors, and industry experts. Our 14 week intensive program provides exclusive insider access to industry leaders, key retailers, and the tools necessary to accelerate smarter, faster growth.
Testimonials
“SKU provided us with the tools and resources necessary to properly scale our growing business. Many of our investors and mentors came from the connections we made through SKU.”
“By participating in SKU I was able to round out my CPG knowledge and best practices. My mentor team went above and beyond my expectations and I could not be more grateful for having participated in SKU!”
“The curriculum and expertise within the SKU community brought me a new level of confidence as an entrepreneur. By the end of the program I felt like I had laser focused my brand message and established a solid growth strategy. I highly recommend SKU if you’re ready to take your business to the next level.”
“SKU’s process and resources empowered me to be better equipped to handle the unknown changes in CPG.”
Being a sponsor with SKU is an incredible opportunity to learn about CPG emerging brands early on. The commitment from the sponsors and mentors provides a level of education to all of the cohorts to set them up for success. For PROVA, gaining direct access and communication with the founders of numerous brands is not only a game changer, but provides an opportunity to offer assistance in creating a more successful tasting product.
“Participating with SKU has been a great opportunity to connect with the Austin-area CPG community. Our sponsorship has allowed us to support innovative, emerging brands and increase our exposure and visibility among CPG leaders.”
“Participating with SKU has been a great opportunity to connect with the Austin-area CPG community. Our sponsorship has allowed us to support innovative, emerging brands and increase our exposure and visibility among CPG leaders.”
“With our strong focus on CPG, SKU has been a natural partner for Egan Nelson. SKU is at the center of the CPG community, bringing together some of the most successful companies while providing a firm foundation for entrepreneurs building their businesses. With its national reputation, being a part of the SKU ecosystem has been a powerful business development tool for our firm.”
“SKU has offered us a whole host of benefits including access to fantastic mentors that have experience in all kinds of CPG goods. We are very thankful for their advice as we scale up to become a larger brand.”
“What I’ve gained from SKU is an awesome network of people I will have for my lifetime.”
“It’s been great. We have had a great group of mentors that help us focus on the business and now we are ready for the next stage.”
“The SKU experience has meant the world to me. It has introduced me to the world of CPG, entrepreneurs and given me a network or mentors and people I wouldn’t have had the opportunity to meet otherwise. It’s been an incredible opportunity.”
“For me, the SKU experience has meant expanding my pool of resources for information.”
“SKU has been an amazing experience. It has helped me to mitigate a lot of mistakes that I would have made as a new maker in the CPG industry.”
“For me, SKU has meant meeting a wonderful group of talented inspiring people. It’s opened a lot of doors and I’ve learned an incredible amount in a very short time. In a nutshell, it has genuinely accelerated the business of El Norteño and we are poised to launch much faster and stronger than we were 14 weeks ago.”
“Incubation Station was an MBA in raising capital. The experience led us to a whole new world of possibility.”
“The network of experienced entrepreneurs and the amount of knowledge and resources that the Incubation Station exposed me to not only had a positive impact on my current business but, also, on my professional career as an entrepreneur moving forward for the rest of my life!!”
“SKU prepared us to face the challenges of the CPG industry and paired us with extremely knowledgeable and helpful mentors!”
“The access to SKU mentors was amazing. They have incredible business insight and experience, and genuinely want to see your start-up succeed!”
“SKU showed me the advantages of thinking strategically about every phase of my business, instead of being reactive to every opportunity.”
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SKU is for you if...
Your consumer product has some degree of traction in a local or regional market.
You recognize the need for savvy and connected partners to take your business to the next level.
You are interested in raising growth capital to scale your operation and to promote your brand.
You want to see your product in shopping carts and households across the country or globe!