Editing Peter Cohan

{{Short description|American businessman}}
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'''Peter S. Cohan''' is an American businessman, author and teacher.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dailyfinance.com/2009/03/30/obama-should-extend-auto-industry-tough-love-to-bank/|title=Obama should extend auto industry tough love to banks|author=Peter Cohan|work=DailyFinance.com|access-date=April 29, 2009|archive-date=June 20, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240620232218/https://finance.yahoo.com/portfolios|url-status=live}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://petercohan.com/}}</ref>

Cohan is an [[Associate Professor of Management Practice]] at [[Babson College]]. He teaches [[business strategy]], [[entrepreneurship]], [[leadership]], and [[management consulting]] to both [[undergraduate]] and [[graduate students]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.babson.edu/about/our-leaders-and-scholars/faculty-and-academic-divisions/faculty-profiles/peter-cohan.php|title=Faculty Profiles }}</ref> RETHINK Retail selected him as a Top 100 Retail Influencer in 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 and a Top AI in Retail Influencer in 2014 <ref>{{cite web|url=https://rethink.industries/article/meet-the-tre-peter-cohan/}}</ref>

==Journalism==
Cohan writes the ''Start-up Economy'' column for ''[[Forbes.com]]'' where he is a senior contributor,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/petercohan/ |title=Peter Cohan |website=[[Forbes]] }}</ref> and "The Hungry Start-up" column for ''[[Inc. (magazine)|Inc]]'' magazine,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.inc.com/author/peter-cohan}}</ref> ''Wall and Main'', his Worcester ''[[Telegram & Gazette]]'' column, helped its ''Business Matters'' section win the [http://www.gatehousenewsroom.com/2016/02/22/gatehouse-new-england-journalists-take-home-260-editorial-awards/ 2012 New England Newspaper and Press Association award] for the best Business page for papers over 30k circulation]. He was 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.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=CASE DISTRICT II Accolades Award Winners |url=http://www.casetwo.org/services_and_programs/awards/accolades_awards_program/accolades_award_winners/2013_accolades_award_winners.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131217160253/http://www.casetwo.org/services_and_programs/awards/accolades_awards_program/accolades_award_winners/2013_accolades_award_winners.html |archive-date=2013-12-17 |access-date=2024-06-20 |website=casetwo.org}}</ref>

==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==
* ''Brain Rush: How To Invest and Compete in the Real World of Generative AI'' (Apress: July 2024) ({{ISBN|979-8868803}})
* ''Goliath Strikes Back: How Traditional Retailers Are Winning Back Customers from Ecommerce Startups'' (Apress: December 2020) ({{ISBN|978-1484265185}})
* ''Scaling Your Startup: Mastering the Four Stages from Idea to $10 Billion (Apress: January 2019)'' ({{ASIN|B07N3WQ1WL}})
* ''Startup Cities: Why Only a Few Cities Dominate the Global Startup Scene and What the Rest Should Do About It'' (Apress, February 2018) {{ISBN|978-1484233924}}
* ''Disciplined Growth Strategies: Insights From the Growth Trajectories of Successful and Unsuccessful Companies'' (Apress, February 2017) {{ISBN|978-1-4842-2447-2}}
*''Hungry Start-up Strategy: Creating New Ventures with Limited Resources and Unlimited Vision'' (BK Business, 2012), {{ISBN|978-1609945282}}
*''Export Now: Five Keys to Entering New Markets'' (Wiley, 2011), co-authored with [[Frank Lavin]], {{ISBN|978-0470828168}}
*''Capital Rising'' (Palgrave-Macmillan, 2010), co-authored by U. Srinivasa Rangan, {{ISBN|978-0230612310}}
*''You Can't Order Change'' (Portfolio, 2009), {{ISBN|978-1591842392}}
*''Value Leadership'' (Jossey-Bass, 2003), {{ISBN|978-0787966041}}
*''Net Profit: How to Invest and Compete in the Real World of Internet Business'' (Wiley, 2001), {{ISBN|978-0787944766}}
*''E -Profits by Peter S Cohan - The 12 Steps To Creating A State Of The Art E-Commerce Strategy For Any Size Business'', {{ISBN|978-1905953691}}
*''The Technology Leaders: How America's Most Profitable High-Tech Companies Innovate Their Way to Success'' (Jossey-Bass, Publishers, 1997), {{ISBN|978-0787910723}}

He has also contributed to six [[compendium]]s of modern management.{{which|date=November 2014}}

==Business School Cases==

With Babson professor Sam Hariharan, he has co-authored five business school cases, two of which are Harvard Business Publishing Best Sellers.<ref>{{cite web|url = https://hbsp.harvard.edu/search?n=&Nrpp=25&Ntt=peter+cohan&action=&searchLocation=header&activeTab=products | title=Harvard Business Publishing Education }}</ref>

* ''Apple in China and India'' (Babson College: July 2020) (BAB492-PDF-ENG) Harvard Business Publishing Best Seller
* ''Apple's Electric Vehicle'' (Babson College: June 2023) (BAB741-PDF-ENG) Harvard Business Publishing Best Seller
* ''Growing Pains at Commonwealth Dairy'' (Babson College: July 2020) (BAB239-PDF-ENG)
* ''Reviving Edwards Lifesciences'' (Babson College: March 2022) (BAB160-PDF-ENG)
* ''Warren Buffett and his Newspaper Investments'' (Babson College: March 2014) (BAB155-PDF-ENG)

==References==
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==External links==
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*{{official website|http://petercohan.com/}}

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