Jason Cohen

Jason Cohen is the founder of Smart Bear Software, maker of Code Collaborator. He was also a founding member of ITWatchdogs, another bootstrapped startup which became profitable and was sold, and is a mentor at Capital Factory. He is the author of Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review, which examines modern, lightweight methods for doing peer code review effectively without everyone hating life. He also blogs regularly at A Smart Bear.

stories by Jason Cohen

There's no room for common sense in startups

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. A longer version of this story originally appeared on his blog.)

Let’s say you’ve decided to provide something tremendously fantastic for your customers, even though …

Why getting 10 customers is all that matters

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. This story originally appeared on his blog.)

I recently reviewed hundreds of startup pitches at Capital Factory, an early stage accelerator program for tech …

Tech support: The hidden sales force

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. This story originally appeared on his blog.)

You probably think of “tech support” as the bottom of the food chain.

After all, the people …

An argument against disruptive technologies

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. This story originally appeared on his blog.)

I remember “disruptive” when it was called “paradigm shift.” But while that phrase may have died during …

Sacrifice your health for your startup

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is an angel investor and the founder of Smart Bear Software. This story originally appeared on his blog.)

The Internet is full of good advice about how to lead a healthy, balanced work/home life.

If …

The infinite to-do list

(Editor’s note: Jason Cohen is founder of Smart Bear Software. He contributed this column to VentureBeat.)

As a start-up owner, there’s always more you could be doing. No matter how hard you work, it always feels like you’re falling behind. …