Payal Kadakia Quotes
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The best thing I could do is build a successful company and continue to innovate and be in the right role I want to be in. If I'm not doing that, I'm inauthentic. That's not a good role model to anyone. That, to me, is the most important thing.
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I am anal about my Gmail calendar. It's my life. I put everything in there - my to-do list, or even if I want to do things.
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When it's time to recharge, I don't feel guilty about it.
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Sometimes females feel like they should act like men, but they should really just be themselves.
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I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.
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I remember going out to raise my Series A and ending up with multiple term sheets when I had gone to Silicon Valley probably four times at that point and coming back with nothing.
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I work out once a day. When I'm in a massive dance show mode, I'll probably be active for about 20 hours each week.
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I remember, at MIT, we had to write an essay about something mathematical that you do in your extra time. I basically wrote about how dance, to me, was geometry: it was all shapes.
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I think I had a lot of people who were like, 'Payal, we love you, but product's not there,' or 'business is not there.' I never gave up, though.
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We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.
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Founders are exceptional, and they all want to go back to creating. And I feel privileged to be able to do that.
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ClassPass, to me, is people are choosing a lifestyle to live; it's saying, 'Yes, I want to work out and live my healthiest happiest.'
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It's really lonely trying to build something by yourself. It's good to have thought partners to bounce ideas off of.
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I will always do what's best for the company.
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Some people have that school of thought where fitness isn't enjoyable, but we're making it enjoyable, I think, by making it more fun, challenging, and engaging rather than this boring thing that you have to do. It's about using technology and data to change this experience.
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I think, when I see entrepreneurs, they tend to talk about the market and the industry - which is obviously very important, but the most important thing is you're product. What are you selling? And does it really have product-market fit?
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When I started fundraising like me and leading like me, that's when I really started to shine and find my own rhythm.
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To me, I will be a stronger person if I'm moving forward, doing the work I want, and continue to drive: force the purpose that I want to create versus doing what other people think I should be doing, which is never a way to live.
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It's OK when something doesn't work. It gives you another data point when things do work.
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I set goals for myself every three months. I write them down.
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Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.
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I plan my time to a 'T.' I plan when I am going to sleep; I plan when I am going to relax. I obviously leave time to have spontaneous life experiences - I think that's really important. But so much of it is setting up you mental energy in the right way to get the most out of your day and time.
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I believe you win the race by looking forward, not behind.
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As long as I'm building and doing what I want to do, that's the only thing that matters.