The World Motivation
In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.
“In a startup, there have to be challenges. Otherwise, someone else would have done it already. And that's almost the most exciting part.”
— Payal Kadakia · Startup
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'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.
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.
Founders are exceptional, and they all want to go back to creating. And I feel privileged to be able to do that.
I don't know a startup that hasn't been through tough times.
Like having a child, running a startup is the sort of experience that's hard to imagine unless you've done it yourself.
I got really excited about the idea of data-driven startup just as I was starting Kaggle.
I'm sure that the ideas being incubated at places like Startup Village today will form the core of the technologies of tomorrow.
The reality of a startup is you have failures very often.
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.