Andrew Cohen

Andrew Cohen is the founder & CEO of Brainscape, a venture-backed web & mobile education platform that helps millions of people study more efficiently.   Brainscape allows students of all ages to create, share, and find great “smart flashcards” for any subject, and to study them using a fun, social experience that is scientifically proven to boost learning results.

Andrew also moonlights as a business analytics consultant, helping CEOs develop stronger processes for collecting, analyzing, and acting upon metrics that help their companies grow more efficiently and raise venture capital.  He teaches a Business Metrics Fundamentals class at General Assembly and works with TechStars and several other accelerators to transform their startups’ growth models into the language of VCs.
 
Andrew holds a Masters degree in Instructional Technology from Columbia University and has previously worked as an international economist (U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics), Wall Street eLearning curriculum developer (Satori Consulting), and government corruption fighter (World Bank).  He is obsessed with efficiency and has dedicated his career to helping organizations do more with less.