Top 99 Quotes & Sayings by Payal Kadakia - Page 2

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.

We never would have built ClassPass if I hadn't learned so much from the Classtivity experience.

When something is aspirational, you don't want someone to be thinking about payment every single time.

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.

I truly believe that everyone can be creative; you just need to find your form of expression.

I basically live in workout clothes.

People saw more magic in me than I saw.

When it's time to recharge, I don't feel guilty about it.

Failure is an amazing data point that tells you which direction not to go.

I want our staff to be able to feel like themselves.

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.

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.

The more you practice something, the easier it'll become.

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.

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.

I always say investors invest in lines, not dots.

When I was 5 years old, I saw people dancing in my head. In college, I would choreograph for the cultural shows, and in my notes, I would actually create formations of people. It was how my whole brain worked.

As we've got more data, and ClassPass has grown, we've had to change rather than have a one-size fits all approach.

You can't replicate Seamless or OpenTable for another industry.

Surround yourself with people who only lift you higher.

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.

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.

Working out is so mentally and physically important.

I think, as a founder and entrepreneur, you just keep hustling through it.

No business is good when, on the last day of the month, you're like, 'What was the usage for the month?'

I get bursts of creativity with bursts of physical activity.

If you love what you do, it's not work.

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.

We want you to find that thing that will make your life better.

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.

You have to learn to sell yourself. I think people forget they need to look at where else they've really performed in their life, where they've been in a place where they were confident.

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?

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?

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.

Founders are exceptional, and they all want to go back to creating. And I feel privileged to be able to do that.

You need people to encourage you along the way, both during your success and failures, because there will be both.

Allowing our staff to mix their life with work only makes them more productive and in love with the work that they're doing.

If you feel good, it doesn't matter what you're wearing.

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.'