Business Daily - Founders: From blogger to billionaire, Canva's co-founder on what failures taught him
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Who studies law but then forgets to apply for any graduate jobs because they've started blogging about web design and JavaScript? Cameron Adams, the billionaire co-founder of design app Canva. He did eventually land a coveted job at Google (thanks to that blogging), but failure on its Google Wave project ’ led to an introduction to Melanie Perkins and Cliff Obrecht, whose vision for making design accessible to everyone became Canva. In this interview, Cameron Adams reflects on the twists, setbacks and connections that shaped his entrepreneurial journey, and why he doesn't fear AI in the design process.
Presented by Leanna Byrne.
Produced by Victoriya Holland and Huma Shah.
Published on Tuesday, 29th September 2026.
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