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Canva pivot story
School yearbooks inspired design software for everyone.
Yearbooks -> design for everyone
Before
Fusion Books, an online school yearbook design tool.
to
After
A browser-based design platform.
The pivot story
The founders saw that non-designers needed simple visual creation tools far beyond yearbooks. Canva generalized the idea.
Why it worked
It made good-looking design feel drag-and-drop simple for people who were not designers.
Known for
Easy online design
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