About Jason Cohen

Thanks for visiting my blog about marketing and small business. Gear-head geeks like me tend to think these things are inscrutable, best left to MBAs and right-brain types. I'm here to tell you that's not true!

I'm the founder of Smart Bear Software, maker of Code Collaborator, the world's most popular tool for peer code review and recent winner of the Jolt Award.

I took Smart Bear from start to multiple millions in revenue and 50% profit margin without debt or VC.

I was also a founding member of ITWatchdogs, another bootstrapped startup, and other sundries. I'm also a mentor at Capital Factory (Y-Combinator/TechStars for Austin).

I'm the author of Best Kept Secrets of Peer Code Review, the most popular book (33,000 copies) on modern, lightweight methods for doing peer code review effectively without everyone hating life.

I live in Austin, Texas with my wonderful wife, a chef who blogs about cooking healthy at home.

Email welcome: esmartbear (at) gmail (dot) com

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