Payal Kadakia Quotes
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When something is aspirational, you don't want someone to be thinking about payment every single time.
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I thought, 'I have ideas. I'm creative.' I just didn't see why I should be pigeon-holing myself in the business world or staying in corporate America when I already knew that I was capable of taking risks.
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Focus on your product. A lot of people focus on the name of their brand or the legal aspects, but it's more important to create your product. It's why people join. It's your vision. Without your product, nothing is going to happen.
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You can always change your branding or hire lawyers, but it's critical that you figure out if you have product market fit, and if you don't, figure out how to course-correct without getting stuck.
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I want our staff to be able to feel like themselves.
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In running my own company, I was too busy for a while, and I thought, 'Maybe I'll stop dancing for a bit.' It was the worst decision ever. I just lost my creativity and my drive.
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You need to keep having data points of progress, so even if an investor - and we've all had investors say no to us - there are times where you go back, and you keep them in the loop, and you keep telling them the progress and the perseverance you have.
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Every day is quite unique, which is one of my favorite things!
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In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.
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Whenever people are trying to give you money, and you're like, 'No! Don't,' you have to stop and consider, what am I saying no to?
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The variety and flexibility of ClassPass is limitless, ensuring that you'll never get bored, and neither will your muscles.
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If I exercise once or twice a day on vacation and don't want to wash my hair too often. I pack a lot of dry shampoo, like Amika's.
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I think it's so important to have a great support network when you feel like you can't - I would actually go and talk to the people who tell you that you can.
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I want to stay active. I want to find that mind-body connection every single day, and I want other people to have that because we spend our lives on our phones, at our desks. We're not thinking about our bodies and the mental connections we should be having, and those moments help us push through to live our best life.
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We want people to be active so you'll be happier and be more yourself.
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I travel pretty frequently, but a few things that are routine are going for a run, getting my green tea in the morning, and checking email... well, all the time!
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If you feel good, it doesn't matter what you're wearing.
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As we've got more data, and ClassPass has grown, we've had to change rather than have a one-size fits all approach.
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I like to work out every single day. And it's about movement.
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Millennials are a bit more free-spirited, more able to go into new places, to feel more assertive and fearless about trying new things.
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I get bursts of creativity with bursts of physical activity.
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The only way to do everything in your life is to find awesome people to lean on so you can focus your time.
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When I first started out, there were times I would dress or act in a way because I thought it was expected of me or that people would take me more seriously. But once I started leading in a way that was authentically me, that is when I really started to see success.
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Without a story, people aren't going to connect to what you're telling, what you have a pain point about. It's so important for them to know why you've created the company, without that connection to the broader vision that you have - why are you going to do it? What are you going to accomplish?