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Yen Tan

Co-Founder of Kona

Yen Tan is a co-founder of Kona, the wellbeing and burnout platform for people-first teams. Kona has helped over 200 of the best tech teams in the world build empathy and psychological safety. Having worked under a terrible boss, Yen aims to make work happier for leaders, teams, and organizations. Yen is also a proud, queer founder. They've interviewed 800 remote managers since January 2020 and write regularly on people-first leadership. Their work has been featured by Yahoo, Fortune, TechCrunch, Harvard Business School, Forbes, BuiltIn, and more. Yen is a frequent speaker at remote work conferences, and has advised Fortune 10 companies on remote strategy.