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Melanie Perkins

Co-Founder & CEO @ Canva

Built Canva to $42B valuation with 240M+ monthly users.

β€œThe woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing, covering product design, strategic decision-making, and startup building.”

Career History

CompanyRoleYears
CanvaCo-Founder & CEO2013-present
Fusion BooksFounder~2007-2013

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β€œWe need to bring that one back. We haven't done that one in a while.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œIt's actually, we do it all online actually. I mean the ones I've run are typically online. So people are so much more frank I think when it's just them and their camera and they don't really... Yeah,...”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œYeah, we use a lot of UserTesting.com, find that super valuable.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œYeah, truly design anything. We're literally living up to that.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œIt is design emails, so you can design email, then you can take that code and you can pop it into any email platform that you use.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œExactly. Just click print and it pops up beautifully packaged to your door.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œFrom a macro perspective, there was creativity tools and productivity tools. And what Canva really does is we're literally smack bang in the middle of that Venn diagram of creativity and productivity,...”
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β€œYeah, I might use Apple Notes or directly into Canva Docs, and then I actually just do the brain dump into Canva Docs and then just summarize them.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œYou have been extremely extensive. I don't think I've got anything else to add, frankly.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œOkay. Two books, the Power of Moments, and one of the books early on I read was Designing the Obvious, which I found very insightful.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œI love the Calm app. It is my daily companion. I use it to meditate. I use it to listen to music. I just find it very calming.”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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β€œI feel like my Canva chapter's going to go on for a long time, so I don't know, because we've got-”
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The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins

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