I'm looking for a new ballet class to take online and I end up, you know, going through

Google search, Yelp, I'm on all these different websites, it's impossible, like two hours go by,

and I'm like, what? Like, why can't technology fix this? Why wasn't this as easy as finding

a reservation on open table?

And that's when I had the epiphany idea to be like, what if I could build this tech platform to help people stay connected back to classes? And that was where the company started.

From ABC, it's no limits. I'm Rebecca Jarvis, and each week we're talking to the most bold and

influential women playing at the top of their game, trying to demystify success and what it

really takes to get there, and all the trade-offs, whether you're looking for answers or you

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On today's episode, Pyle Kadokia never thought she would be an entrepreneur.

Growing up, she says the only thing she knew for sure was she wanted to make sure she could

always follow her passion for dance.

The daughter of two immigrant parents, both successful chemists, Pyle says that she always

made sure she checked the boxes to make her parents happy and then danced as much as she could.

After spending time in the consulting world, she started to think more and more about entrepreneurship

and realized it was the best way to combine her passion for dance with business. And her idea

for class pass

became more and more clear. Since the company was founded in 2013, they've raised $255 million,

now have more than 15,000 partners in over 80 cities across the world. At the center of Pyle's

success is her ability to set clear intentions and goals

and then budget her time to execute what's important. One of my favorite parts of our conversation

that you're about to hear is the process she goes through to do just that. Here's Pyle Kedakia.

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