Melanie Perkins

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Melanie Perkins

Cofounder/CEO, Canva

Melanie Perkins is the founder and CEO of Canva, a startup website that puts graphic design tools in the hands of professionals and amateurs alike. Previously, Perkins taught graphic design at the University of Western Australia and founded the startup Fusion Books, an online yearbook generator.

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Fast Company Magazine

The rise of Canva, the $40 billion design juggernaut

Canva’s easy-to-use design platform has become a word processor for our modern visual culture. It’s made designers of us all, skeptics be damned.

The rise of Canva, the $40 billion design juggernaut

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Look out, PowerPoint: Canva users are creating more than 1 million presentations every week

The company’s design templates help people create everything from business cards to playful, interactive slideshow decks.

Look out, PowerPoint: Canva users are creating more than 1 million presentations every week

Graphic design startup Canva just turned into a unicorn

Canva, the graphic design startup that lets users design fly flyers on the fly, has just turned into a unicorn. The company said today it raised $40 million in its latest funding round, and is now valued at $1 billion. Cofounded by CEO Melanie Perkins–one of Fast Company‘s Most Creative People In Business–the Australian graphic design startup lets … Continue reading “Graphic design startup Canva just turned into a unicorn”

Graphic design startup Canva just turned into a unicorn

Tech

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News

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Co.Design

Grenfell Tower: Why it’s so hard to design a fitting memorial to the tragedy

Why Tesla and Apple designers are joining this coffee startup

The future of the office is an open question, but this company is testing 3 designs to figure it out

Work Life

Leaders, stop freaking out about remote work. Your team can still be efficient in a mixed format

Too many back-to-back meetings can make you act like a jerk, says study

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