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Rejected 100 times, she built a $40 billion company from her mom’s living room.
he got rejected 100 times. By every investor. 🎨
At nineteen, Melanie Perkins taught design from her mom’s living room in Perth. Design software was clunky and expensive — so she built a simpler one: Fusion Books, for school yearbooks. It became Australia’s biggest.
But she dreamed bigger: design for everyone. She flew to Silicon Valley, slept on her brother’s couch, and pitched for three years. Investors said no, again and again — 100 rejections. Then one said yes.
Canva launched in 2013. Drag, drop, done — no design skills needed. It exploded worldwide.
Today Canva’s worth $40 BILLION. The girl rejected 100 times made design a superpower for all. 💚
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(Sources: Canva, Forbes.)
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