Quotes from Payal Kadakia

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.

Sometimes females feel like they should act like men, but they should really just be themselves.

Be true to yourself and surround yourself with positive, supportive people.

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.

I think I learned to overcome some things in life through dance.

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.

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.

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.

Growing up as a South Asian-American, I didn't have any female role models.

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.

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?

Every person is different and unique. I am a female. I'm Indian. I'm 4'11". People should never be defined by what they look like and sort of these demographical parts about them, but the most important thing is the work you do, so females are just as capable as doing that as males, and the same thing with any other person out there.

I love barre because even when I'm not dancing, I feel like I'm training those same muscles.

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.

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

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

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.

Millennials are a bit more free-spirited, more able to go into new places, to feel more assertive and fearless about trying new things.

We're not trying to be Nike. It's about evolving into new products that are going to make people's lives better.

When I started fundraising like me and leading like me, that's when I really started to shine and find my own rhythm.

In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.

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.

Having challenges in your life open doors for you.

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