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Fierce Girls

Melanie Perkins — The girl who created a unicorn

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// Ever wanted to change the world? Melanie Perkins did — she just needed the right problem to solve. Then it hit her. She tutored university students in graphic design, and they all had the same complaint: the software was too complicated. //

© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 00:18:33 21 March 2022 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Educational , Girl Power , Fact , History Country: Australia Type: Episodic

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© Australian Broadcasting Corporation Length 00:18:33 21 March 2022 Age: 6-10 , 11plus Topics: Educational , Girl Power , Fact , History Country: Australia Type: Episodic

INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls

INTRODUCING — Fierce Girls

This is an episodic podcast, so you can listen to it in any order, but episode one is a great place to start.

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Ever wanted to change the world? Melanie Perkins did — she just needed the right problem to solve. Then it hit her. She tutored university students in graphic design, and they all had the same complaint: the software was too complicated.

Melanie knew there must be an easier way. She thought everyone should be able to make beautiful, professional looking images. So, she cleared a space in her mum's living room and got to work. She perfected her pitch, flew to the other side of the world to Silicon Valley, faced a LOT of rejection until, finally, her billion-dollar company Canva was born.

Narrated by multi-award-winning STEM journalist and Wiradjuri woman Rae Johnston


© Australian Broadcasting Corporation | 00:18:33

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