Canva is an online design and publishing tool which makes the design process accessible to almost everyone. Today’s episode is an in-person chat with Cameron, Canva co-founder and chief product officer. We cover his path to becoming a founder of a unicorn-status startup, discuss the challenges of scaling a 300-employee company, and much more.
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In today’s episode you’ll learn:
- About Canva, Australia’s only unicorn-status startup
- Cameron’s entrepreneurial path
- Why designers who have embraced Canva love it
- The challenges of scaling Canva to a 300-employee company
- Cameron’s advice for aspiring entrepreneursListen to this episode on iTunes
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Links from today’s episode
- Read the full transcript from Cameron’s interview
- Find Cameron on Twitter
- Cameron’s personal blog
- Canva
Detailed show notes
- (1:20) Cameron’s path to becoming an entrepreneur
- (4:30) How the idea of Canva solved multiple pain points of Melanie, one of Cameron’s co-founders
- (5:55) Cameron explains the name Canva
- (6:40) Cameron describes the Canva user experience
- (8:00) Why designers who have embraced Canva love it
- (9:12) Cameron explains the Canva revenue model
- (10:54) Cameron describes how Canva’s acquisition of Zeetings could help presentations become more dynamic
- (12:39) Jay and Cameron discuss Canva’s unicorn status
- (13:23) Cameron discusses Canva’s values and upcoming goals
- (15:27) The challenges Canva has faced as the company has scaled
- (17:43) Cameron explains why Canva plans to remain a private, independent company
- (18:58) Cameron’s advice for aspiring entrepreneurs
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