Payal Kadakia is the co-founder of ClassPass and a world-class dancer who runs a separate dance company. There are a lot of gross stories about tech men (and women) in positions of power — like investors — acting inappropriately. The founder of Nasty Gal, for example, was left a disturbing voicemail during an early fundraise, then the investor blamed it on being drunk and high. Kathryn Minshew, cofounder of The Muse, described a situation where an investor leaned in so close, she had to put her arm up to block his advances. Payal Kadakia, the founder of ClassPass, says she used to have awkward run-ins with investors. But that hasn't happened to her in a long time. What...
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