Imagine this. You’re 19, and you’re sitting in your university dorm room, annoyed by how complicated design software is. You think, “There has to be a better way.” Flash forward a decade, and not only have you created that better way, but you have also turned it into a billion-dollar company that’s challenging the likes of Microsoft and Adobe. That’s exactly what Melanie Perkins, the co-founder and CEO of Canva, did.
The now 37-year-old Australian entrepreneur has come a long way since high school when she dabbled in design. In 2013,…