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
Experience
- WP EngineFounder, Chief Innovation Officercurrent2010 — presentAustin, Texas Area
- Capital FactoryMentorcurrent2009 — present
- Capital ThoughtPartnercurrent2010 — present
- Smart Bear IncFounder, CEO2003 — 2009
- Geist ManufacturingProject Consultant2005 — 2006
- ITWatchDogsCo-Founder, CTO2003 — 2005
- DataCertConsultant2003
- Sheer Genius SoftwareCTO, co-founder1999 — 2003
- GlobeSetConsultant1998 — 1999
- PhotodexDeveloper1995 — 1998
- Tracor AreospaceDeveloper (intern)1994 — 1995
Skills & more
Wisdom10SaaS66Software Product Management11Consulting11Entrepreneurship99E-commerce32Scrum7JavaScript7Start-ups99Business Strategy16Cloud Computing20Web Development23
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Software DevelopmentRubyGo-to-market StrategyAgile Project ManagementEnterprise SoftwareManagementAgile MethodologiesStrategic PartnershipsRuby on RailsLinuxWordPressXMLLanguages 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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Shared employers
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Also worked at Smart Bear Inc8
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