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How Melanie Perkins Built a $42B Company from Nothing
"Column B Thinking": dream of the castle on the hill first, then work backward. The framework behind Canva's origin.
Melanie Perkins
CEO and co-founder of Canva
Lenny's Podcast
thepodknowledge.com
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Canva by the numbers
100+ rejections, $42B later. The Canva trajectory, in one frame.
$3.3B
Annual revenue
~240M
Monthly active users
100+
Investors said no
8 yrs
Profitable straight
Melanie Perkins
CEO and co-founder of Canva
Lenny's Podcast
thepodknowledge.com