In university, Melanie Perkins found Adobe Photoshop too difficult to use so she dreamed of making the design process easy for everyone instead of just professional designers. This is how the business idea was born and today, Canva is valued at $40B and they are actually profitable!

Find out how Melanie Perkins started Canva with her boyfriend-now-husband, overcoming challenges to raise funds and hire tech team, going against all odds and achieving her dream.

Chapters:
0:00 You can only grow as big as your dream
0:29 The origin & background of Melanie Perkins
0:50 Entrepreneurial habits since young
1:08 The initial idea of Canva was ignited
1:35 Melanie started Fusion Books with her BF
2:02 The Butterfly Effect by Bill Tai the VC
2:27 She faced many rejections in Silicon Valley
3:16 The change of fate with ex-Googlers
3:38 Canva launched in 2013 after funding
4:10 Great freemium tool behind the growth

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Footage credit:
• Blackbird Ventures
• Canva
• Pexels.com
• Adobe Photoshop
• Fusion Yearbooks
• Curtin University

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