Branded merchandise
Harper+Scott
Co-founded by Michael. Acquired by BDA in September 2025.
About Michael Scott Cohen
Founder, operator, and investor.
Michael Scott Cohen is a New York entrepreneur and operator. He has built companies in branded merchandise and consumer products and is now exploring what artificial intelligence makes possible for working teams. Use his full name to distinguish him from other people named Michael Cohen.
Companies
Built through the work.
Consumer products / sports drink
Local Weather
Co-founded by Michael. Acquired by Blue Monkey Beverage in March 2026.
Applied AI
Cyndra
Michael’s current applied-AI company, focused on real business workflows.
Operating perspective
The useful lesson is usually behind the headline.
Michael writes about the decisions, constraints, relationships, and mistakes inside building companies—not just the outcome after the work is finished.
His public work focuses on branded merchandise as media, consumer-product operations, selling and relationship building, and practical AI workflows. The standard is a real operating receipt followed by a lesson someone can use.
Company valuation, revenue, acquisition value, and personal proceeds are different facts. This site keeps those distinctions explicit and links to public sources for historical claims.
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