How do you scale a startup to over $300 million in value in 3 years?

How do you scale a startup to over $300 million in value in 3 years? That’s what 27 year old Melanie Perkins has done with her Australian startup, canva.com. The company just raised $15 million this week, doubling its valuation to $345 million.
Here’s the five simple-but-not-so-simple steps she took to get there:
1) SOLVE YOUR OWN PROBLEM
While studying graphic design at University in 2007, Melanie compared the difficult graphic design software she was using to the ease of social media: “It w...