SHE heard the word “no” over a hundred times and had more doors slammed in her face than she’d care to count. The idea will never take off, investors told her. You can forget it, they said. But just look at her now. Australian Melanie Perkins is one of the 10 wealthiest people in her homeland and the company everyone was so sceptical about is worth $40 billion (R740bn), making it one of the highest-valued female-founded and femaleled start-ups of all time.
Her baby is Canva, the graphic design app and website that allows subscribers to create free online designs for invitations, flyers, videos, billboards, posters,
