Melanie Perkins
Co-Founder & CEO @ Canva
Built Canva to $42B valuation with 240M+ monthly users.
βThe woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing, covering product design, strategic decision-making, and startup building.β
Career History
| Company | Role | Years |
|---|---|---|
| Canva | Co-Founder & CEO | 2013-present |
| Fusion Books | Founder | ~2007-2013 |
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βWe need to bring that one back. We haven't done that one in a while.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βIt'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,...β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βYeah, we use a lot of UserTesting.com, find that super valuable.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βYeah, truly design anything. We're literally living up to that.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βIt 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.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βExactly. Just click print and it pops up beautifully packaged to your door.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βFrom 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,...β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βYeah, 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.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βYou have been extremely extensive. I don't think I've got anything else to add, frankly.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βOkay. Two books, the Power of Moments, and one of the books early on I read was Designing the Obvious, which I found very insightful.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βI 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.β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins
βI feel like my Canva chapter's going to go on for a long time, so I don't know, because we've got-β
The woman behind Canva shares how she built a $42B company from nothing | Melanie Perkins