Zachary Cohn
Entrepreneur, product leader, consultant, community organizer, maker, civil servant.
And occasionally I jump on things.
Entrepreneur, product leader, consultant, community organizer, maker, civil servant.
And occasionally I jump on things.
Zac lives in Seattle and likes to start things. Sometimes it's companies, and sometimes it's trouble.
He's sold one company, given away another, and shut down many more. He's led Product and Engineering organizations, consulted for companies and governments, organized community events, and backflipped across the world.
How safe is your water? Life is complicated. Testing your water for lead shouldn't be. Testyourwaterforlead.com acted as middleman between consumers and water testing laboratories to facilitate a more consumer friendly experience.
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Wrote extensively about MVPs and the creation of this company.
Worked on three projects within Starbucks' Digital Customer Experiences and Urban Markets teams to concept, research, develop, pilot, and test new programs, products, and initiatives.
Cannot share specific details publicly, but at a high level, projects have included work in supply chain logistics, new store concepts, and improvements to the Starbucks mobile and web app to facilitate customer preferences and experiences. Frequently apply techniques from human centered design, lean startup, customer development, liberating structures, and agile. Work with large, cross-functional teams and 1 on 1 with a dedicated partner.
Joined 18F as federal employee for a 2 year term. Served as an Innovation Specialist, Project Manager, Product Manager, Acting Director of Strategy, and Chief of Staff to the Director of Procurement. Major projects:
Founded Wonful Consulting to teach the clients modern practices of working together and connecting with their customers. We taught and employed practices from Lean Startup, Agile, Customer Development, Design Thinking, and Liberating Structures. Worked with state governments and startup accelerators through a combination of workshops and on-going embedded engagements.
Government clients include:
Accelerators and Bootcamps:
Worked with Nordstrom on various efforts in and around their Innovation Lab. Signed a lot of NDAs about the work we did.
Ignite Seattle: 14 speakers get five minutes on stage with 20 slides that auto-advance every 15 seconds... with or without them. Enlighten us, but make it quick! After 35 events over 12 years, we regularly sell out our shows at Town Hall and The Egyptian Theatre.
Organizer responsibilities include recruiting and choosing speakers, speaker coaching, collecting and ensuring compliance of slide decks, and managing the presentations the night of the event.
Parkour Visions is a women lead 501(c)3 non-profit organization committed to sharing the benefits of parkour and natural movement with all ages through educational programming, design, and community development.
We hold general classes at our facility and in public places throughout the city, run special programs to create an inclusive environment for women, children, and those with silver hair, and are building outreach programs for homeless and at-risk youth.
The largest generalist monthly tech meetup in Seattle at the time. Maxed out 200 person capacity at most events. Provided high quality (non-pizza) food, beer, and networking opportunities at startup and tech company offices around Seattle.
Featured a wide range of speakers, from Justin Kan talking about YCombinator and Justin.tv to Chris Lewicki talking about asteroid mining.