Person
Melanie Perkins
Founder at Canva. Guest on She turned 100+ rejections into a $42B company | Melanie Perkins. Mentioned in 2 episodes of Lenny’s Podcast, including the conversations with Stewart Butterfield and Grant Lee.
Melanie Perkins
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Founder
Company
CanvaMentioned In2
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Transcript mentions
… The point you made about just kind of persevering, I just had Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva, in the podcast. 100 investors rejected her before somebody finally decided to invest and she just kept pushing.
… is a hilarious metaphor I've never heard for onboarding time to value, just focus on one egg at a time. Just going even further back, what was the original insight that you had that led to Gamma and what Gamma is today?
Person
Melanie Perkins
Role
Founder
Company
CanvaMentioned In2
Works At1
Transcript mentions
… The point you made about just kind of persevering, I just had Melanie Perkins, CEO of Canva, in the podcast. 100 investors rejected her before somebody finally decided to invest and she just kept pushing.
… is a hilarious metaphor I've never heard for onboarding time to value, just focus on one egg at a time. Just going even further back, what was the original insight that you had that led to Gamma and what Gamma is today?