The commonsku team from all over North America gathered for our annual mid-year planning session in Toronto but did so with a twist: by building a working lab!

The skummunity awards were created to honor the explorers, rule-breakers, dreamers, and innovators in the branded merchandise industry.

Here are just 10 of the visionary ideas shared at skuconX, direct from the speakers’ stage and straight from the speakers themselves!

At commonsku, one of our core values is keeping “ten steps ahead” by innovating through big ideas, smart risks, and bold action. In that spirit, in December, the commonsku team gathered for an end-of-year celebration and our fast-forward planning retreat in Toronto.

When we began our podcast adventure over 300 episodes ago, we had no idea the number of incredible people we’d meet along the way and the impact they would make on us and the commonsku community. 

As our company has grown and evolved, so too has our brand, adapting to better represent our mission, values, and the dynamic industry we serve. Today, we're excited to unveil our latest chapter, the commonsku Brand Refresh, which encapsulates our dedication to staying at the forefront of innovation and technology.

skucamp 2023 has come and gone, leaving unforgettable memories and a remarkable merch collection. As we reflect on the success of skucamp 2023, we're excited to take you through the highlights of our exclusive merch lineup, which played a significant role in enhancing the event experience.

skucamp, our business planning boot camp, concluded last week in Austin, TX, featuring a standing-room-only crowd and kicked off with New York Times bestselling author and “teamwork doctor” Liane Davey, who floored the room with her insight through her workshop on ”The Good Fight: Build a Productive Conflict Culture.”

This year is the 10th skucon, dubbed skuconX. This is a chance to look back on how far we've come and look forward to where we're going. Join us at skuconX, where we'll celebrate and innovate like never before.

In a whirlwind of a decade, over 150 speakers, most of whom came from within the community, took the skucon stage to share their stories, their struggles, their triumphs, and their vision of what our future industry should look like. And over 1500 people attended from all over the world, from the far reaches of Australia to the United Kingdom and from every state and province in Canada and the US.

Frontier, based in Charlotte, NC is a private equity growth firm with $1 billion in active funds focused exclusively on software. Frontier Growth was listed on Inc Magazine’s inaugural list of “The 50 Best Private Equity Firms for Entrepreneurs,” a list of founder-friendly private equity firms.

Join us as we chat with commonsku co-founders Mark and Catherine Graham about this chapter in the commonsku journey!

As we all have seen, the industry has increased in complexity, and the expectations of end users have never been greater. With that comes significant opportunities for how technology can solve these challenges, from more flexible e-commerce, more seamless ordering solutions, AI enablement, and stronger integrations into both the supply chain and technology being used to support other areas of the business.

We recently hosted a company retreat, but “retreat” is not the right word; it was a combination of competition, collaborative brainstorming, a values-building, peer-to-peer gathering experience …. We learned a lot. About how to bring your team together in a way that fosters ingenuity, about how to spark the most progressive ideas to help our customers, and it included our own hackathon, values exercises, and even play.

For two full days, the commonsku team of around 50 folks gathered at a retreat in Toronto to brainstorm our way through multiple client challenges

A curated merch collection has become a highly anticipated portion of our events, and we’re excited to give you complete look into the collection we created for skucon 2023 in partnership with our amazing supplier partners.

In the last year, commonsku has accomplished a lot, and as the year draws to a close, we wanted to look back on our top three podcast episodes of 2022.

We made it to the end of 2022 and wow! What a year it's been. Our team has worked tirelessly to bring you the very best content and we'd like to take this opportunity to reflect back on all of our achievements this year.

All of us at commonsku are so grateful for the work we get to produce every day on your behalf. 2022 was an exceptional year of growth for the commonsku team and platform.

Our optimism for a strong year ahead is high.

2023, let’s do this.

Like many of you, we’re still learning how to best blend the virtual world we love (with all its efficiencies and benefits, working from anywhere) with the need for in-person connections that create a strong culture. So, in the spirit of sharing, we thought we’d give you a glimpse behind the scenes of our annual HQ gathering and share with you our lessons learned on how to create an epic annual meeting for your team. 

This collection is extra special to us and we hope it will serve as a great source of inspiration and value for everyone who attended.