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

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.
Record Date - November 15, 2023
0:00 Introduction
0:32 Creation of Canva
3:36 Pivotal moments
5:30 Visual suite
7:00 Magic Studio and AI
10:00 Canva for enterprises
13:22 Culture at Canva
18:02 Canva's success
19:42 Next big goal
20:30 Pivotal decisions
21:48 Executing local strategy
23:11 Canva's philanthropy
26:32 Canva awards
28:06 Conclusion