Startup/ Marketing on Instagram: "From 100 rejections to a $40B empire, Melanie Perkins' story proves persistence beats all odds. At 14, she hustled by selling handmade scarves in markets. In college, she noticed how tough tools like Photoshop were, sparking her idea for a simple design platform. From her mom's living room, she launched Fusion Books-but she dreamed bigger. After hundreds of failed pitches, Canva finally launched in 2013 with the right partners. Today, Canva empowers 220M+ users