From ballet dancer to Canva acquisition | Maddie King
Maddie King is a product marketer at Canva. She joined through Canva’s acquisition of MagicBrief, a startup for marketers making ads, where she was the sixth hire.
Along the way, she’s made viral ads for Koala, launched a breakfast brand and built a following on LinkedIn by posting the opposite of typical B2B advice.
In this episode, Maddie and Saurav talk about Maddie’s cancer journey, why every tech marketer should spend time in retail, why you can’t engineer virality, and the value of intentionally slowing down.
Timestamps:
00:00 - Introduction
01:42 - Intentionally slowing down
03:18 -…
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