CEO and Co-Founder of Pipeline Equity Katica Roy

Katica Roy is currently the CEO and Co-Founder of Pipeline Equity. She had a successful career at a fortune 500 company and climbed the corporate ladder before transitioning to the startup world. 

Katica was born in Napa Valley California, where her parents ran cattle. Since she was little, her mom knew the game changer was education and always promoted school. Katica attended various types of schools which ultimately taught her to be independent and function in lots of different environments really well.  She began preparing for college her freshman year of high school. At the time she wanted to be a lawyer so decided to pursue an undergraduate degree in political science. 

Ultimately, Katica decided law school wasn’t worth the investment and moved to Washington DC, where she worked as a paralegal. Katica’s mom always told her if you want to do something not to wait on anyone. Katica took that advice to heart. She went on to pursue multiple master degrees, work multiple jobs and even moved to new states. Learn more about Katica, her life path and how she is currently crushing the startup life in this episode. 

In this episode

• Katica’s upbringing and journey growing up
• The decision Katica made to not go to law school
• Trying and failing rather than wondering what if
• Katica’s career path
• Looking at your career in terms of investment and return 
• Every job is a transaction 
• Being a startup founder vs corporate life 
• What Pipeline is and where it is going 
• Gender bias in the workplace
• What’s next for Katica
• Including men in the gender equity conversation
• Being a CEO of a start up

Resources Mentioned

The Power of One

Daring Greatly

Braving the Wilderness

The Gifts of Imperfection