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Articles from A Smart Bear
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Independent or acquired, companies always evolve, and not always for the better. Smart exits can create opportunities for everyone involved.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Rudolph claps back.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
The LTV metric overcomplicates and misleads. Learn why you should use other SaaS metrics instead.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Introducing COC: The true cost of cancellations in a scaling SaaS business.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Which is better: Two companies have the same revenue, one from a few large customers and the other from many little customers
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
If you want another pair of hands to screw things up, how do you acquire resumes, pair them down, and identify someone who is going to work well in your company?
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
An ode to validated learning.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
A/B tests and accumulating Twitter followers is not a marketing strategy, just as "we'll use salt and cheese" isn't a recipe.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
It's not a question of if someone copies your business idea, it's when.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
You worry about competition from the big, brand-name, deep-pocketed company. But there are better things to worry about and ways to avoid running into gorillas in the first place.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Tired of being told you need "10,000 hours" before you can call yourself an "expert," and maybe become a "success?" Maybe you don't.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Technical founders, step away from the code. Gather insights from non-buyers, rather than just adding more features.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
I regret to inform you…
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Your idea probably sucks, and it doesn't matter because your business will probably turn out to be something completely different.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
When you know the rules, then you can break the rules.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
The winning strategy in Othello is to minimize your opponent's options, rather than maximizing your own. The same principle applies to competitive strategy.
A Smart Bear
• Jason Cohen
Elevate your product marketing: Use the Opposite Test to avoid generic bullet points and craft compelling, unique features.
