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FORGOTTEN HISTORY: Melanie perkins - The Untold Story

Quote of the Day by Melanie Perkins: “It's important to tell the story, because if your audience doesn't understand the problem, they won't...” —Canva CEO's powerful lesson on communication, storytelling, entrepreneurship, business success, leadership, explaining ideas clearly, understanding your audience and turning innovative ideas into meaningful solutions and lasting impact

Quote of the Day by Melanie Perkins "It's important to tell the story, because if your audience doesn't understand the problem, they won't understand the solution"highlights a powerful lesson about communication, storytelling and business success. The Canva CEO explains why understanding the problem is essential before presenting a solution, offering…

The Economic Times

AI was supposed to power Canva's next act. It also exposed software's most expensive problem

An analyst said AI is breaking SaaS’s “secret sauce”, and Canva and its competitor, Figma, just became the latest proof.

Fortune

Canva billionaires Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht are giving away $150 million in cash with no conditions for the world's largest unconditional cash transfer program in a low-income country

Canva founders are funding a large cash transfer program in Malawi and under this initiative, they provides families with unconditional funds to improve their lives. Early results show significant reductions in child mortality and illness and increment in school enrollments. Local economies also benefited as money circulated through neighborhood businesses.

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Canva's billionaire founders donated $150 million directly to the poorest of this East African country, marking the largest unconditional cash program ever to a low-income country

Canva billionaires Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht have made a move challenging conventional aid by putting cash directly into the hands of an East African country's poorest households. The cofounders of the Australian design software maker are investing a whopping $150 million into a cash transfer program in Malawi. Since…

The Times of India

'Productivity and creativity shouldn’t live in separate silos': Why Canva's AI push is no different to its core principles of democratizing design

AI won't replace designers, but instead increase demand for creative expertise as more people gain access to design tools.

TechRadar

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins Shares How She Built A $42 Billion Company: 'Everything Good Was Once Imagined'

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins used a customer-centric approach to turn her business idea into a $42 billion company. She recently explained on "Lenny's Podcast" that Canva regularly listened to customer feedback and improved its product. The focus on product improvement further incentivized people to share the photo tool with their…

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5 Tech Entrepreneurs Who Built Fortunes From Modest Online Startups

You don’t need millions, fancy offices, or instant fame to build something big in tech. Several entrepreneurs have started with humble online projects—sometimes just ideas, sweat equity, or basic tools—and turned them into highly successful companies. For anyone wondering whether to take that first step, these stories offer hope, lessons,…

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Canva’s billionaire founders are minting overnight millionaires with employee share sale

Past and present “Canvanauts” will be able to sell up to $3 million of their vested equity, an internal email says.

Fortune

Canva billionaire Cameron Adams and wife Lisa Miller join Bill Gates pledge to give away wealth

Couple promise to dedicate majority of their money to tackling environmental issues via The Giving Pledge

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Melanie Perkins talks Canva Code, Canva Sheets launch

Canva Code allows users to build products with zero coding knowledge.

Fortune

Canva launches Canva AI for coding, photo editing and spreadsheets

Canva reveals “biggest product launch yet” with huge AI-powered upgrades for Visual Suite 2.0.

TechRadar

Vote Your Fave Aussie Into The National Portrait Gallery & You Could Win A $1,000 Qantas Voucher

You could win a $1,000 Qantas voucher by voting which Aussie deserves to be the subject of the yearly National Portrait Gallery commission.

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5 most shocking true crime documentaries I've ever seen you can stream now

Catch the true crime documentaries that are truly stranger than fiction, along with where you track down a streaming version of these titles.

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Canva says its new AI features justify raising subscription prices by 300%

Canva Teams has ‘come a long way’ since its 2020 launch. So now it’s time for a price increase, Canva spokesperson says.

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Aussie founders combine to supercharge AI design tools

Two fast-growing Aussie tech firms are joining forces to bring breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence and design to experts and beginners alike.

Fortune

Melanie Perkins plans Canva's enterprise pivot

Canva wants to grow its base of 185 million active users through enterprise customers.

Fortune

In the AI race, Canva cofounder and CEO Melanie Perkins doesn't believe in 'reinventing the wheel'

Canva's AI strategy has relied on acquisitions and open-source technology.

The Conversation

Elon Musk is an 'engineer' but Bill Gates is a 'leader' – new research shows founder personality can dictate startup success

From Elon Musk’s supreme confidence to Jeff Bezos’ ability to make smart decisions under pressure, some of the most successful entrepreneurs are known for their distinctive personalities. But these traits aren’t just interesting side notes to these founders’ stories: confidence and calmness, along with other qualities such as a love…

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Canva CEO Melanie Perkins sees one major problem with A.I.

A.I.-powered products are too fragmented.

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Canva CEO Melanie Perkins enters the A.I. race her own way

Canva's new "magic" features bring the company into the generative A.I. era.

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