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Startup CPG: Leveling the Playing Field for Emerging Brands 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Startup CPG: Leveling the Playing Field for Emerging Brands

Startup CPG has grown into one of the most robust communities in the industry, creating an ecosystem that supports emerging brands in a wide variety of ways. read more
Expo West: Meatless Meat, Celebrity Water and So Much More 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Expo West: Meatless Meat, Celebrity Water and So Much More

Walking the Expo West aisles packed with the latest innovations in healthy snack, electrolyte-packed water and plant-based fish, chicken, beef and eggs, here some that stood out to the SKU Crew. read more
Alternative Financing Options: Equipment Financing 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Alternative Financing Options: Equipment Financing

Equipment financing, the process of spreading payments for new equipment over a longer term on business-critical assets, may be a good option read more
Foodservice: A Trillion-Dollar Channel for Emerging Brands 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Foodservice: A Trillion-Dollar Channel for Emerging Brands

As emerging brands consider their channel strategy, some ignore the foodservice industry – an industry estimated at $1.7 trillion in the United States in 2020, according to the USDA. read more
SKU Atlanta Partners: Q&A with Craft Catalyst Team 700 500 Michelle Breyer

SKU Atlanta Partners: Q&A with Craft Catalyst Team

Steef Schelke and Chris Olivier, the principals of Craft Catalyst, spent some time with them to learn more about Craft Catalyst, and to talk about why they believe SKU Atlanta can help bring together the Southeast’s CPG community. read more
Standing out from the Pack: Q&A with Kady Sandel 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Standing out from the Pack: Q&A with Kady Sandel

When you walk into a store, you easily can be overwhelmed by the sheer volume of products on the shelf. In a market with thousands of companies are selling similar products, how do you break through the noise to reach your target consumer? We spoke brand strategist and designer Kady Sandel with Aventive Studio, an Austin-based…

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The Art of Culinary Innovation: Q&A with Mark Crowell 700 500 sku

The Art of Culinary Innovation: Q&A with Mark Crowell

Mark Crowell, SKU Mentor and founder of Culinex A decade ago, few would have imagined the the concept of insects as protein, the range of milk alternatives or the proliferation of hard seltzers in every flavor imaginable. The innovation in the food and beverage space is creating entirely new categories, reshaping the store shelves and…

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Apply now to Austin Track 10 700 500 Michelle Breyer

Apply now to Austin Track 10

Austin-based SKU is accepting applications for its 10th Austin cohort through Oct. 31st. The ideal SKU company has traction in the market, a compelling founder story and annual revenues of $250K or greater read more
From Restaurant to CPG: How to Keep the Special Sauce 700 500 Michelle Breyer

From Restaurant to CPG: How to Keep the Special Sauce

We spoke with Matt about his experience working to grow a brand that came out of a successful restaurant while maintaining the “special sauce” of what makes it unique. read more
10 Years of Growing Brands: Q&A with SKU Founder 700 500 Kirstin Ross

10 Years of Growing Brands: Q&A with SKU Founder

ASKU Founders Clayton Christopher, Shari Wynne Ressler and Scott Jensen A decade ago, Austin was known for tech, live music and great barbecue (and our mighty Texas Longhorns). But a dynamic, fast-growing consumer-products industry was bubbling up under the radar, with larger brands as well as a wide range of emerging brands springing to life.…

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