Happiness Guru Nataly Kogan
Happiness Guru Nataly Kogan VIDEOS
Nataly Kogan is a former VC and the founder of Happier, a global technology and learning platform dedicated to helping individuals and organizations achieve their full potential through scientifically-proven well-being practices.
From her teenage years as a Russian refugee learning English in the neighborhoods outside of Detroit, to becoming a leading venture capitalist in a predominantly male industry in her twenties, Nataly has consistently achieved the highest levels of success. She has held top positions at Manhattan-based firms McKinsey and Co. and Hudson Ventures, served as the only female board member at Constant Contact, worked at Microsoft's cutting-edge Future of Social Experiences Lab (FUSE), and served as Vice President of Consumer Experience at WHERE, which she helped sell to PayPal in 2011.
Despite her lifetime of accomplishments, Nataly found herself vastly unfulfilled. Initially skeptical of research on the positive effects of gratitude, kindness, and mindfulness, Nataly decided to integrate happiness into her own life—initially to disprove the research. But as she applied these techniques, she immersed herself in the science and research, experiencing first-hand how effective happiness can be as a tool for realizing full potential in all aspects of work and life.
Instead of chasing "The Big Happy" of career, money, and achievements, Nataly soon dedicated her life to discovering and sharing the tools and best practices required to reframe the concept of "I'll be happy when..." to the more powerful "I'm happier now because..." With this mission, Nataly launched Happier to an overwhelming global response and has since built a community that has shared over six million happy moments (and counting) on the Happier mobile application and website.
Since launching Happier, Nataly has been featured in the New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Fortune, New York Magazine, and Time Magazine. She has appeared as an expert on Dr. Oz, Bloomberg TV, and "One World" with Deepak Chopra. She is a sought-after keynote speaker, having appeared at events such as the Million Dollar Roundtable, Fortune's Tech Brainstorm, Blogher, SXSW, the 92nd St. Y, Harvard Women's Leadership Conference, TEDx Boston, and many more.
Nataly lives in Boston with her husband and daughter. When she isn’t running Happier, she can be found painting in her art studio, doing creative projects with her daughter, deepening her practice of yoga and meditation, or cooking up feasts for her family and friends—all of which bring her immense joy.
Speaker Topics:
- Improving Happiness, and the Bottom Line
- The Pursuit of Happier
- The New Way to Lead at Work
- Cultivating Happiness at Work
- Fire Up the Awesome
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