I love meeting our users and partners and talking to them about how ClassPass has made an impact.

I like to work out every single day. And it's about movement.

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.

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

I'm 4'11", but that doesn't matter if I'm showing conviction and confidence in what I'm doing.

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

It's really lonely trying to build something by yourself. It's good to have thought partners to bounce ideas off of.

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

I will always do what's best for the company.

We're encouraged by the engagement on ClassPass and the tremendous growth we've had that shows we are fulfilling our mission of helping people live a more active life.

I work out once a day - it's built into my ethos.

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

Being a dancer or athlete of any type teaches you the fundamentals of discipline... and the ability to know you can grow.

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.

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

We stipulate about where we need to be in life: By this age you should be married, by this age you should have kids. But it's not that you can only do this or only do that. It's really about creating a holistic life: about planning ahead and being efficient with your time and really listening to yourself.

You should wake up in the morning and say, 'What do I want to do today? What's going to make me happy?'

Any time you find yourself doing something out of obligation, that's a time you should start questioning whether you're spending your time wisely.

I'm an artist in my heart.

As long as I'm building and doing what I want to do, that's the only thing that matters.

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

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

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.

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

I get bursts of creativity with bursts of physical activity.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

I basically live in workout clothes.

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.

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

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

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?

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.

Working out is so mentally and physically important.

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.

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.

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.

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 want our staff to be able to feel like themselves.

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

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?

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

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