Meet our Rockstar Mentor Network
SKU mentors are a powerful team of serial entrepreneurs, industry experts, and investors
Our mentor community has over...
Mentors
Represented Industries
Years Combined Experience
MENTOR OPPORTUNITY
SKU differs other incubators and accelerators because mentorship goes deep. In addition to our intensive curriculum, which gives them a 360° perspective of what it takes to scale a CPG company, they, on average, spend a minimum of 8 to 16 hours a week with their individual mentors honing their product concept and developing growth strategies.
SKU Mentors form the core of each program’s faculty. Our mentor community includes a diverse group of successful entrepreneurs, industry executives, subject matter experts and investors who enjoy coaching and advising teams of high-growth, early-stage businesses. Mentors are united by our desire to help promising consumer product startups achieve maximum success, and we believe resources and relationships are essential ingredients to that success.
Equity Mentors pay a membership fee to join the SKU equity mentor pool. As a benefit of membership in the community, every SKU equity mentor owns a portion of equity in each company from the track in which they participate.
Get more info by emailing us at: mentors@sku.is
SKU 9 MENTORS
Liana Frey
Paul Funkhouser
Ben Greene
Johnny Heiselberg
Parry Hughes-Morgan
Previous Mentors
Antonelli’s Cheese Shop
Snack Factory (Pretzel Crisps), Whole Foods Market
Cece’s Veggie Co.
Lone Star Direct
YETI, SharkNinja
Seraph Group, Dell
Milk + Honey
Milk + Honey
AutoImmuneMom.com, ApartmentRatings.com
Little Spoon Consulting
Twyla
GloFish
Pepe Z Tequila, Barton Medical
Brandt Financing
Rice University, Scout Island Ventures
The Butler Bros
Appconomy, Starbucks, Daimler
One Technologies, difference.vc
Grav Labs
MHD Marketing, Heineken, Gilt Groupe
Capital Factory, Clearhead
Vital Farms
Envirocon Technologies (Lemi Shine)
Thunderbird Energetica, Kona Energy
RoyaltyZone
HeatGenie, Marvell Semiconductor, Intel
Coca Cola, The J.M. Smucker Company, Glazer’s, Stubb’s, Whole Foods
Glass Talent Strategies, Starbucks
Amplify Snack Brands
OrganiCare
Storyteller, LG Pictures, Dell
Rhythm Superfoods, Bowery Farming
Catapult Systems
Red Idea Partners
Far West Capital
Planet Tan
Envirocon Technologies, Inc.
Cybernance Corporation
GlassWire
Nebulous Concepts, E & J Gallo Winery
ATX Venture Partners, icanmakeitbetter, Sentient Services
PACT, EVOL Foods, Bear Naked Granola
Bumble, McKinsey & Co.
Tiff’s Treats, Austin Acquisitions
Cokesbury, THORN Americas, Spalding, Cadbury Schweppes
ConAgra Foods
Alen Corp
Arpeggi, MarketZero, Zynga
Living Direct
TreeHouse, Get Backed, Saturn Five
Articulate Persuasion, L3
Oransi, WSA/Alen
Vital Farms, Mondelēz International
MIMCO
Renewal by Andersen, Intuit, Toyota, Sears
Texas Entrepreneur Network, National Instruments
Book in a Box, NYT Best-selling Author
Dell, Kodak
Let’s Gel, Barton Medical
Amplify Snack Brands, United PF Partners
Food + City
CXO Service, Disc Nation
CSID, Rackspace, Zappos
Vital Farms, Barter Exchange
TxCo Partners
FitJoy Nutrition, Arrive Logistics, Mighty Equities
Smart Flour Foods, SiteStuff
Far West Capital
Project Genius, Inc., Recent Toys
Accent Food Services, Shift + Bloom, My Fit Foods
Guns & Oil Brewery, Western Collective Beer, Black Star Hospitality
Bhoomi Cane Water, Strategic Rise Partners, Vital Farms, Whole Foods
Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods
Sente Mortgage
Rosso & Flynn Modern Butcher
Michaels, Circuit City, Frito-Lay
Capital Factory, Wild About Music / Toy Joy / Yummi Joy / Austin Rocls
ProInfluence, LLC
Kendra Scott Designs
Stubbs BBQ, Four Corners Sourcing
Chowbotics
ATX Seed Ventures
Coca-Cola, BrandVita
Austin Chamber of Commerce, LifeProof Cases
High Brew Coffee, Sweet Leaf Tea
Bamboo Worldwide
Texas Municipal Retirement System
Enterprise Island
Bamboo Worldwide
Amazon, Greenling, Whole Foods Market
Rhythm Superfoods, Hunt Private Equity Group
Whole Planet Foundation, Whole Foods Market
AVL Growth Partners, Austin Eastciders, Bridgepoint Consulting
Indeed
Centrist Capital, Mission Residential, Convenience Retail Group
Howler Bros, Stage One Capital
UpSpring, American Achievement, PepsiCo