Overcoming Growth Obstacles: ClassPass' Founder on Building One of the Hottest Fitness Startups [Podcast]
when payal kadakia quit her job at warner music group, she didn't have a backup plan. all she knew was she wasn't happy in her current job -- and she needed to do something about it.
she spent several weeks trying to figure out what that something would be. after much soul-searching, she finally landed on her big idea: a fitness search engine that would surface new classes in your area.
unfortunately, it wasn't all smooth sailing from there. her original idea didn't quite pan out -- she couldn't get the traction she needed to grow it into a scalable business.
but payal didn't give up. three years and several pivots later, she has landed on a business model that works. her company, now called classpass, is valued at over $400 million and has expanded to 36 cities and 3 countries worldwide.
in this episode of the growth show, payal walks us through the twists and turns of building classpass -- and what she's learned along the way.
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originally published jan 28, 2016 6:00:00 am, updated february 01 2017