Nataly Kogan, Founder and CEO of Happier, to speak at Be Sage Conference 2016
We are thrilled to partner with Nataly Kogan as a speaker for Be Sage Conference this November 14-17 in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico. Nataly is a former VC (that’s ‘venture capitalist’ for you non-corporate folk) and the founder of Happier, a best practices collective that serves individuals and organizations seeking to realize full potential by providing the tools to find, create, and celebrate life’s small, overlooked moments.
From her teenage years as a Russian refugee learning English in the projects of Detroit, to becoming a leading venture capitalist in a predominantly male industry while still in her twenties, Nataly has continually achieved at the highest of levels.
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 state-of-the-art 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 a lifetime of accomplishments, Nataly found herself vastly unfulfilled. Initially a skeptic of the research related to the positive effects of happiness, fulfillment and balance on our daily lives, Nataly decided to incorporate happiness into her own life—solely in order to prove the research wrong.
Here is a glimpse into her life as shared on her Ted Talk:
But the more she applied these techniques, the more she immersed herself in and embraced the science and research—experiencing firsthand how effective happiness can be as a tool for realizing full potential in all aspects of work and life.
Rather than chasing “The Big Happy” of career, money and achievements, Nataly soon decided to dedicate 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 in mind, Nataly launched Happier to an overwhelming global response and has since built a community that has shared over five million happy moments (and counting) on the Happier mobile application.
Nataly lives in Boston with her husband and daughter, and can usually be found wearing orange, overusing the word “awesome,” doing art projects with her daughter, collecting large rings, and searching for the next amazing food spot—all of which make her happier.
What you’ll be learning from Nataly…
Invest in Your Happiness
How happiness has a direct result in being a better business owner and having a better personal life
Why is the pursuit of happiness so stressful and unfulfilling? Why do we believe that huge achievements trump small everyday moments that connect us with ourselves and those we love most? After years spent chasing “The Big Happy” of career, money and achievements, Nataly explores how the science and research behind happiness can be used to improve all aspects of our lives, showing audiences why we should stop saying “I’ll be happy when…” and start saying “I’m happy now because…”
We’ll see you in Mexico! You can register for Be Sage Conference here.