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Perkins: 30 million people worldwide rely on Canva

Melanie Perkins · How I Built Resilience: Live with Melanie Perkins and Bill Creelman · Jun 27, 2020 · at 4:30

Melanie Perkins, co-founder and CEO of Canva, discusses the scale of Canva's user base during the early months of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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“We've got thirty million people around the world that are relying on Canva to help with their social media, to help with their marketing, to help with their education.”

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