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Melanie Perkins, Canva CEO: From information to imagination

Melanie Perkins, Canva CEO: From information to imagination

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Zoe Kleinman speaks to Canva CEO Melanie Perkins about the current tech and AI revolution

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Zoe Kleinman, the BBC’s Technology editor, speaks to Canva CEO
Melanie Perkins about the current tech and AI revolution that is
transforming the internet and the world. Perkins, who is still
only in her late-30s, is well-known for her entrepreneurial
drive, having quit university at just 19 years old to launch her
first venture.

Unlike many of today’s Silicon Valley-based big tech companies,
Canva started out in the Australian city of Perth with a mission
to ‘empower the world to design’.

It offers a variety of templates and tools to help users without
technical skills or a design background to create a range of
professional-looking graphics and presentations, from wedding
invitations to business pitch decks.

Since launching in 2013, it has grown to become a multi-billion
dollar business used by around 250 million people every month.

The success of Canva has catapulted Perkins into a number of
lists ranking the world’s most powerful women, compiled by the
likes of Forbes and Fortune. But it is a far cry from the very
early days, when she was rejected by over 100 investors as she
sought to get it off the ground.

The Interview brings you conversations with people shaping our
world, from all over the world. The best interviews from the BBC.
You can listen on the BBC World Service on Mondays, Wednesdays
and Fridays at 0800 GMT. Or you can listen to The Interview as a
podcast, out three times a week on BBC Sounds or wherever you get
your podcasts.

Presenter: Zoe Kleinman Producers: Ben Cooper and Philippa Wain
Editor: Justine Lang

Get in touch with us on email TheInterview@bbc.co.uk and use the
hashtag #TheInterviewBBC on social media.

(Image: Canva CEO Melanie Perkins holds a microphone. Credit:
Alisha Jucevic/Getty Images)