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Podcast: What I Know
Episode: Payal Kadakia of ClassPass: Bring Your Full Self
Description: Growing up in New Jersey, Payal Kadakia found a passion for Indian dance. As an adult living in New York City, she founded her own dance troupe, Sa Dance. But when it came to finding fitness classes, she was at a loss. She created a boutique-class-search-engine–which went through many, many, iterations, before becoming the $1 billion company ClassPass. Christine Lagorio-Chafkin speaks with Payal about all the ups and downs along the way to building one of New York City’s unicorns–and her difficult decision to step back from the CEO role she’d held for so long in 2017. Along th...