Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on growing an idea into a multibillion-dollar design company

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"Canva CEO Melanie Perkins on growing an idea into a multibillion-dollar design company"

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"Canva CEO Melanie Perkins built Canva — an intuitive and accessible design program — to address the universal need for visual communication. Today, the software is used by millions. In a conversation with Goldman Sachs’ Ryan Nolan, Perkins discusses her entrepreneurial journey to building the software platform and Canva’s future opportunities. This Goldman Sachs Talks was filmed at Goldman Sachs’ 2023 Private Internet Company Conference. \r\n&nbsp;\r\nThis episode was recorded on November 15, 2023.\r\n"

Canva CEO Melanie Perkins built Canva — an intuitive and accessible design program — to address the universal need for visual communication. Today, the software is used by millions. In a conversation with Goldman Sachs’ Ryan Nolan, Perkins discusses her entrepreneurial journey to building the software platform and Canva’s future opportunities. This Goldman Sachs Talks was filmed at Goldman Sachs’ 2023 Private Internet Company Conference. 
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This episode was recorded on November 15, 2023.

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