Join host Vanessa Clark as she traces Melanie Perkins's journey from selling scarves at fourteen in Perth to building Canva, a billion-dollar design platform. Discover how Perkins overcame 100+ investor rejections and became a rare female CEO leading a unicorn—all before turning forty.

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Vanessa Clark explores how Melanie Perkins built Canva from her mother's living room into a $15 billion design empire, overcoming 100+ investor rejections to democratize design for 100 million users worldwide. From selling scarves at 14 to becoming the youngest female tech unicorn founder, Perkins redefined what's possible.

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Host Vanessa Clark examines Melanie Perkins' quiet week with no Canva news from April 3-9, 2026, exploring what silence reveals about the CEO's disciplined leadership style, methodical growth trajectory, philanthropic commitments, and why absence of headlines doesn't diminish her significance as a transformational tech founder.

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