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
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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 Dallas '21 Mentors
SKU Austin '22 Mentors
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
CAVU, Sweet Leaf Tea, Deep Eddy Vodka, Waterloo Sparkling Water
Grav Labs
MHD Marketing, Heineken, Gilt Groupe
Capital Factory, Clearhead
Vital Farms
Startup Jeannie
Envirocon Technologies (Lemi Shine)
Thunderbird Energetica, Kona Energy
RoyaltyZone
HeatGenie, Marvell Semiconductor, Intel
Ketra
Silver Falcon Capital
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
Sr. Product Manager, Alen Corp.
Red Idea Partners
Far West Capital
Planet Tan
Envirocon Technologies, Inc.
Cybernance Corporation
GlassWire
PHM Consulting Limited, The Handmade Cake Co.
Nebulous Concepts, E & J Gallo Winery
ATX Venture Partners, icanmakeitbetter, Sentient Services
PACT, EVOL Foods, Bear Naked Granola
Rhythm Superfoods
Bumble, McKinsey & Co.
The Stable, L’Oreal
HumanCo, Hu Kitchen
Tiff’s Treats, Austin Acquisitions
Cokesbury, THORN Americas, Spalding, Cadbury Schweppes
ConAgra Foods
Buttermilk Creative
Giggle Beauty, TIGI, American English
Alen Corp
Arpeggi, MarketZero, Zynga
TreeHouse, Get Backed, Saturn Five
University of Texas, Vidlet Inc., The Foundry, Quirky, Frog
Mushroom Revival, Shoestring Solutions, Stubb’s Legendary BBQ
Richlund Capital
Articulate Persuasion, L3
Oransi, WSA/Alen
Vital Farms, Mondelēz International
MIMCO
Renewal by Andersen, Intuit, Toyota, Sears
Texas Entrepreneur Network, National Instruments
Dynabrand Ventures, Beam Founders, PEWIN
Book in a Box, NYT Best-selling Author
Dell, Kodak
Let’s Gel, Barton Medical
Amplify Snack Brands, United PF Partners
Good Catch
Food + City
Forward Foods
Borden Dairy, PepsiCo
CXO Service, Disc Nation
CSID, Rackspace, Zappos
Vital Farms, Barter Exchange
TxCo Partners
Brandarella, Governess
Village Liquor, Bagel Dots
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
Suraksha
Guns & Oil Brewery, Western Collective Beer, Black Star Hospitality
Bhoomi Cane Water, Strategic Rise Partners, Vital Farms, Whole Foods
Michael Angelo’s Gourmet Foods
Michael Best
Sente Mortgage
Peak Rock Capital
Studio Image Inc / Chalk Ink® Markers
Rosso & Flynn Modern Butcher
Michaels, Circuit City, Frito-Lay
HireBetter, Bee Cave Capital
Ranch Rider Spirits Co., Deep Eddy Vodka,
Capital Factory, Wild About Music / Toy Joy / Yummi Joy / Austin Rocls
ProInfluence, LLC
Kendra Scott Designs
Stubbs BBQ, Four Corners Sourcing
Chowbotics
Hershey Insights Center
Visa
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
Western Square, Toddle
Centrist Capital, Mission Residential, Convenience Retail Group
HireBetter, Bee Cave Capital
Howler Bros, Stage One Capital
UpSpring, American Achievement, PepsiCo
Curiate.co, Brandimation,