{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Grit","title":"CMO Canva, Zach Kitschke: From Employee Number 5 To $40 Billion Valuation","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/ed321893\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3909,"description":"Guest: Zach Kitschke, CMO of Canva\r\n\r\nIn this episode, we cover: What Canva does, and where the idea came from (08:08); Zach’s first impressions of Canva co-founders Mel Perkins and Cliff Obrecht (12:49); Making bets on unproven people in an organization (16:41); Setting “crazy big goals” and readying Canva v1 for launch (21:17); The pre-launch inferiority complex  (27:30); An important cold email from the Huffington Post (33:59); Wearing many hats in a startup and building company culture (36:17); Learning on the job and managing a hypergrowth company (45:23); How does Canva’s growth compare to what Zach expected? (51:09); Canva’s unique approach to work-life balance, and Mel and Cliff’s philanthropic “two-step plan” (59:23)","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/jCea5f44KBONhOsyLyht9nXUrj2YBNfA6fc-kgyfWTM/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/Lzk3NzAvMTY2Nzg2/MjQyOC1hcnR3b3Jr/LmpwZw.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}