Payal Kadakia Quotes
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I needed to build a product that got people back to working out.
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If you feel good, it doesn't matter what you're wearing.
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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?
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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 basically live in workout clothes.
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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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Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.
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I love barre because even when I'm not dancing, I feel like I'm training those same muscles.
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My assumption was that people are already motivated to go to a fitness class. That's who I am. I was already ready to go out there and get to class. All I needed was a search tool. But it turns out people need more than that, and that's why gym memberships exist.
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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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We want you to find that thing that will make your life better.
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What's crucial is to never get stuck. Making hard decisions is such an important part of being a startup in order to keep moving forward.
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I always say investors invest in lines, not dots.
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I never feel bad. You can't feel bad - you have to just make the best decision you can at the time you're in and be like, 'That's the decision I believe in.'
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I reason that as long as I'm smiling 90 percent of the time, I can handle the setbacks that occur 10 percent of the time.
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We never would have built ClassPass if I hadn't learned so much from the Classtivity experience.
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You can't replicate Seamless or OpenTable for another industry.
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Movement inspires a lot in me.
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Every moment you wake up and you want to go for a run, or you want to take a class, you should be able to just go.
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I want little girls to believe that they can be CEOs.
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Working out is so mentally and physically important.
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Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.
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We're not trying to be Nike. It's about evolving into new products that are going to make people's lives better.
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Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher.