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Jason Cohen

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Founder at WP Engine · Executive at SmartBear

Austin, Texas, United States

FoundedWP Engine

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About

Jason Cohen is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer of WP Engine, a company with 200,000 customers and 1,200 employees. He has built four technology startups, both bootstrapped and funded, each reaching more than $1 million in annual revenue, and sold two of them. Since 2009 he has worked as an angel investor and was a founding member of the Austin incubator Capital Factory, and he has written about early-stage startups since 2007.

Founder at WP Engine

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WP Engine's investors · 9

boldstart venturesMiami · $1M – $3M checks · since 2019Golub GrowthChicago · since 2019Hazelview VenturesToronto · since 2019Mantella Venture PartnersToronto · $730K checks · since 2019PacelineDallas · since 2019Silver Lake PartnersMenlo Park · since 2019Silverton PartnersAustin · $200K – $2M checks · since 2019Stride Consumer PartnersBoston · since 2019Thompson Hutton, LLCMenlo Park · since 2019

Executive at SmartBear

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SmartBear's investors · 5

Francisco PartnersSan Francisco · since 2021Innovestor VenturesHelsinki · $270K – $3.2M checksInsight PartnersNew York · $120M – $350M checksToba CapitalIrvine · $1M – $10M checksVista Equity PartnersNew York · since 2021

Experience

  1. WP EngineFounder, Chief Innovation Officercurrent2010 — presentAustin, Texas Area
  2. Capital FactoryMentorcurrent2009 — present
  3. Capital ThoughtPartnercurrent2010 — present
  4. Smart Bear IncFounder, CEO2003 — 2009
  5. Geist ManufacturingProject Consultant2005 — 2006
  6. ITWatchDogsCo-Founder, CTO2003 — 2005
  7. DataCertConsultant2003
  8. Sheer Genius SoftwareCTO, co-founder1999 — 2003
  9. GlobeSetConsultant1998 — 1999
  10. PhotodexDeveloper1995 — 1998
  11. Tracor AreospaceDeveloper (intern)1994 — 1995

Skills & more

Wisdom10SaaS66Software Product Management11Consulting11Entrepreneurship99E-commerce32Scrum7JavaScript7Start-ups99Business Strategy16Cloud Computing20Web Development23
+12 moreSoftware DevelopmentRubyGo-to-market StrategyAgile Project ManagementEnterprise SoftwareManagementAgile MethodologiesStrategic PartnershipsRuby on RailsLinuxWordPressXML

Languages English

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Frequently asked questions

Who is Jason Cohen?
Jason Cohen is the founder and Chief Innovation Officer of WP Engine, a company with 200,000 customers and 1,200 employees. He has built four technology startups, both bootstrapped and funded, each reaching more than $1 million in annual revenue, and sold two of them. Since 2009 he has worked as an angel investor and was a founding member of the Austin incubator Capital Factory, and he has written about early-stage startups since 2007.
Where does Jason Cohen work?
Jason Cohen is Founder of WP Engine.
What companies did Jason Cohen found?
Jason Cohen founded WP Engine.
Where did Jason Cohen go to school?
Jason Cohen studied at The University of Texas at Austin (Computer Science).

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Also worked at Capital Thought1

Joshua BaerFounder & CEO at Capital Factory