Peter S. Cohan is an American businessman, author and teacher.[1] He is the founding principal of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a management consulting and venture capital firm. He has completed over 150 growth-strategy consulting projects for global technology companies and invested in seven startups—three of which were sold for over $2 billion and his most recent—Sofi Technologies—went public in July 2021 at an $18 billion valuation.
Cohan writes the Start-up Economy column for Forbes magazine,[3] and "The Hungry Start-up" column for Inc magazine,[4]Wall and Main, his Worcester Telegram & Gazette column, helped its Business Matters section win the 2012 New England Newspaper and Press Association award for the best Business page for papers over 30k circulation]. He is a member of the Wharton Blog Network, which received the Gold Award in the 2013 Council for Advancement and Support of Education (CASE) District II Accolades Awards program.[5]
Personal life
From September 2004 to September 2008, Cohan served on the board of the Alzheimer's Association, Massachusetts Chapter. He is the brother of William D. Cohan.
Books
Goliath Strikes Back: How Traditional Retailers Are Winning Back Customers from Ecommerce Startups (Apress: December 2020) (ISBN978-1484265185)
Scaling Your Startup: Mastering the Four Stages from Idea to $10 Billion (Apress: January 2019) (ASINB07N3WQ1WL)
Startup Cities: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It (Apress, February 2018) ISBN978-1484233924
Disciplined Growth Strategies: Insights From the Growth Trajectories of Successful and Unsuccessful Companies (Apress, February 2017) ISBN978-1-4842-2447-2
Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision (BK Business, 2012), ISBN978-1609945282
Net Profit: How to Invest and Compete in the Real World of Internet Business (Wiley, 2001), ISBN978-0787944766
E -Profits by Peter S Cohan - The 12 Steps To Creating A State Of The Art E-Commerce Strategy For Any Size Business, ISBN978-1905953691
The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success (Jossey-Bass, Publishers, 1997), ISBN978-0787910723
He has also contributed to six compendiums of modern management.[which?]