The Come Up with Katia: Recent Episodes
Presented by Purple Banter Host Katia Dragotis
The Come Up with Katia is a podcast series that examines entrepreneurial and business stories that often are grazed over. The slightly touched upon moments, jobs and struggles, that the public only gets a glimpse of in the highlight reel of those “successful” individuals. While it’s hard to define what the perceived middle chunk of someone’s path to “success” is, this podcast will attempt to dive into that moment of time in that person’s life. I’m on a quest to observe these stories and see what, if any, is the common thread in these perceived struggles. Is there a layer of community involvement and connections that help to pull these people towards the other side of stability? Or, are we all just flailing around in life, swinging at the ball as many times as someone physically can, until that one hit occurs? What can these individuals now observe about that time in their life? Follow Katia: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Katia_DemetraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiadragotis/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6fR7_PcKUOY_94zDWsswA
Katia speaks with Kelly Groeher, the CEO of Alice Riot, an agency that helps contemporary female artists grow outside the traditional art world channels. She's also the creator and host of WTAF: women-travel-art-food a new web show that boldly explore the new opportunities ahead for chef-driven food and contemporary art – through conversations and meals with women chefs and artists.
Founder of the pocket square, “Rare Cut,” Anthony Orisses chats with Katia about starting his company in a pandemic and the “it stays up” technology of his product.
Mia has fused her unique knowledge and experience developing digital education products and virtual communities to inform building La Vette. After Mia consciously uncoupled from her husband in 2020, she was faced with the reality of returning to online dating and deeply disturbed by how dehumanizing the experience had become. Alongside her co-founder + life coach Lauren Handel Zander, Mia has conceptualized and developed the only platform that merges self-development resources and a supportive community to revive the virtual dating experience.
Drawn together by their fierce belief in the power of good, healthy love to heal the world, Mia Lux and Lauren Handel Zander co-founded La Vette with the mission of marrying wise, human intelligence with cutting edge technology to create a platform where self-aware singles could flourish, connect, and date.
Presented by Redwood Empire Whiskey, Comedian and Actor, Angelo Tsarouchas, appears on The Come Up with Katia to talk about how he started his journey in the entertainment business. Angelo went from owning and then losing multiple businesses to listening to his true calling and passion within in the entertainment industry.
The Come Up with Katia is a podcast series that examines entrepreneurial and business stories that often are grazed over. The slightly touched upon moments, jobs and struggles, that the public only gets a glimpse of in the highlight reel of those “successful” individuals. While it’s hard to define what the perceived middle chunk of someone’s path to “success” is, this podcast will attempt to dive into that moment of time in that person’s life. I’m on a quest to observe these stories and see what, if any, is the common thread in these perceived struggles. Is there a layer of community involvement and connections that help to pull these people towards the other side of stability? Or, are we all just flailing around in life, swinging at the ball as many times as someone physically can, until that one hit occurs? What can these individuals now observe about that time in their life?
Follow Katia: Twitter: https://twitter.com/Katia_DemetraInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/katiadragotis/Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCw6fR7_PcKUOY_94zDWsswA
Katia sits down with Jimmy Spencer. Jimmy is the General Manager of Uninterrupted. He talks about his come up in sports journalism.
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Katia sits down with Josiah Johnson. Josiah talks about his grateful but grinding journey in the entertainment industry.
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Katia sits down the Doug Marshall to dive into his story, thus far, of courage, falling down and coming to know your true self. Both personally and professionally.