Peter S. Cohan is an American businessman, author and teacher. He is the founding principal of Peter S. Cohan & Associates, a

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and

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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 is a

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of strategy at Babson College. He teaches

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, and

to both

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and

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. RETHINK Retail selected him as a Top 100 Retail Influencer in 2021 and 2022

Journalism

Cohan writes the ''Start-up Economy'' column for ''

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'' magazine, and "The Hungry Start-up" column for '' Inc'' magazine, ''Wall and Main'', his Worcester ''

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'' column, helped its ''Business Matters'' section win th
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.http://www.casetwo.org/services_and_programs/awards/accolades_awards_program/accolades_award_winners/2013_accolades_award_winners.html

Personal life

From September 2004 to September 2008, Cohan served on the board of the

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, 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) () * ''Scaling Your Startup: Mastering the Four Stages from Idea to $10 Billion (Apress: January 2019)'' () * ''Startup Cities: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It'' (Apress, February 2018) * ''Disciplined Growth Strategies: Insights From the Growth Trajectories of Successful and Unsuccessful Companies'' (Apress, February 2017) *''Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision'' (BK Business, 2012), *''Export Now: Five Keys to Entering New Markets'' (Wiley, 2011), co-authored with Frank Lavin, *''Capital Rising'' (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010), co-authored by U. Srinivasa Rangan, *''You Can't Order Change'' (Portfolio, 2009), *''Value Leadership'' (Jossey-Bass, 2003), *''Net Profit: How to Invest and Compete in the Real World of Internet Business'' (Wiley, 2001), *''E -Profits by Peter S Cohan - The 12 Steps To Creating A State Of The Art E-Commerce Strategy For Any Size Business'', *''The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success'' (Jossey-Bass, Publishers, 1997), He has also contributed to six

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s of modern management.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Cohan, Peter S. Living people American businesspeople American columnists American male writers Babson College faculty Year of birth missing (living people)