Payal Kadakia Quotes
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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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It's about knowing yourself and what you're good at. Females, males - anyone can be anything they want to be.
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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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You make sure to set True Norths for your company. You can't be involved in every decision and every meeting; you have to make sure the mission is very built into the culture, the product, and how you communicate.
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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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There are so many times when I think I don't have time to dance, but I force it into my life because I know it's so important.
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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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I want our staff to be able to feel like themselves.
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We want people to be active so you'll be happier and be more yourself.
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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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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 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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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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If you feel good, it doesn't matter what you're wearing.
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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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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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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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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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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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When I dance, I go to a different side of who I am. I feel like I can solve a problem without knowing I'm solving one.
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I'm 4'11", but that doesn't matter if I'm showing conviction and confidence in what I'm doing.
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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!