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Podcast: Grit
Episode: CMO Canva, Zach Kitschke: From Employee Number 5 To $40 Billion Valuation
Description: Canva CMO Zach Kitschke was the company’s fifth employee, joining right before the product launched to the public — or, that was the plan anyway. Emerging technologies like HTML5 and negative feedback from early testers delayed the debut of the design startup, but in the 10 years since its launch Canva has become one of the most successful companies to ever come out of Australia. “One of our values is to set crazy big goals and make them happen,” Zach says.In this episode, Zach and Joubin discuss Zach’s first job in small-town bureaucracy, how he got introduced...