@versionzeromedia: Melanie Perkins was 19 when she started a yearbook company out of her mum’s living room in Perth. The bigger idea was a design tool anyone could use. To fund it, she needed Silicon Valley and Perth was about as far from it as you can get. So when investor Bill Tai came to town and turned out to love kitesurfing, she learned to kitesurf. That got her into his circle. His circle got her into the room. More than 100 investors in that room said no. Today Canva is valued at over $40 billion, and she’s still the one running it. #founder #startup #canva #melanieperkins

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