2 things Melanie Perkins CEO of Canva wants aspiring entrepreneurs to know

Melanie Perkins, one of the world’s youngest most talented female tech unicorn founders who has been generating buzz with her online design start up Canva since they closed an $85 million funding round in 2020. The company is now valued at 40 billion dollars with a revenue exceeding 1 billion dollars!

When Perkins launched her business, Canva - a platform that allows anyone to create professional quality designs without any prior experience or knowledge about graphics design tools- she had no idea it would grow as wildly successful as it has. Today there are more than 10 million registered users in 190 countries using this app with 100 different languages available for download locally! It's available to everyone with no matter their level of expertise, language skills or technical specifications; this makes it easier than ever before for designers from all around world can work together on projects!

Here are 2 things that Melanie Perkins CEO of Canva wants aspiring entrepreneurs to know:

It's definitely not easy

The process of creating the vision of her business was not quite as easy or straightforward for Perkins. There were many steps that needed to be taken, and it took longer than expected! After the first 2 years, it was clear that this would not be an easy task. The vision they had set out to achieve had to be way more strong-willed and determined!

We've always heard the path to success for entrepreneurs is not always smooth. Perkins says, there will be false starts, rejection and funding hurdles along the way - but don't let that discourage you! She also believes these difficulties can serve as motivation too because when faced with difficult times most people courageously fight their way back up again or find new ways around whatever obstacle has stopped them from achieving goals.

She says she has seen that founders are not born with a silver spoon in their mouth, they all have to work hard. No one is going to give them anything and it takes time for any company or person to start from nothing - that’s just part of being an entrepreneur! All the patience you've learned throughout your life can pay off when push comes to shove deep into business - just remember those lessons as things get tough during this entrepreneurship journey.

It's definitely possible

The journey to creating a multi-million dollar enterprise is not an easy one. Perkins says you have to work hard and push yourself if you want it enough, but there will always be those who don't believe in themselves or their vision enough for success. And in order to gain traction with your idea go after what's important: Believe that this can happen; Don’t let anyone tell you its unattainable because they're just waiting at home with assumptions about how things should operate based off past experiences alone.

If you work hard enough, eventually your goals will be achieved. You just need to believe in yourself and have a clear vision for what success could look like – this is especially important because if one doesn't try then nothing ever gets done!