Joyce Ong from Tax Nuggets Academy
Entrepreneurship, content and professional journeys
Entrepreneurship, content and professional journeys with Joyce Ong
About the Episode
About the Episode
Transcript
Joyce is a founder, entrepreneur, content creator, disruptor, rebel against boring, a savior from sucky training, wife, mother, daughter, sister, and human. In this episode, Joyce and Stuart talk about academic experience, the beginning of their careers, and their journey to becoming business owners. Learn how Tax Nuggets Academy was founded (and what’s coming up next), and how owning a business affects your personal life.
Episode Themes
Episode Notes
- Joyce’s background (1:35)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Melbourne University (2:45)
- Stuard’s academic journey (4:40)
- Role of hard work in the modern world (6:40)
- What is Tax Nuggets Academy (8:20)
- Australian Taxation Office (10:50)
- Early job (11:20)
- Reasons to become a business owner (12:10)
- Goals for Tax Nuggets Academy (13:10)
- Quitting Tax Office (14:00)
- Stuard’s experience of becoming a business owner (15:00)
- Ways of funding Tax Nuggets Academy (17:00)
- Engaging freelancers (18:10)
- Sources of revenue (20:20)
- Joyce’s “unfair” advantages (21:45)
- Tax Nuggets Academy moving forward (22:40)
- What made Stuard take his business to the next level/Enneagram (25:00)
- Personality traits affecting relationships (27:10)
- Responsibility for employees (28:05)
- Its time to take it to the next level (29:30)
- Increasing subscriber base (31:40)
- Digital Marketing (32:30)
- Radical Transparency (34:10)
Episode Themes
Episode Notes
- Joyce’s background (1:35)
- Bachelor of Commerce in Melbourne University (2:45)
- Stuard’s academic journey (4:40)
- Role of hard work in the modern world (6:40)
- What is Tax Nuggets Academy (8:20)
- Australian Taxation Office (10:50)
- Early job (11:20)
- Reasons to become a business owner (12:10)
- Goals for Tax Nuggets Academy (13:10)
- Quitting Tax Office (14:00)
- Stuard’s experience of becoming a business owner (15:00)
- Ways of funding Tax Nuggets Academy (17:00)
- Engaging freelancers (18:10)
- Sources of revenue (20:20)
- Joyce’s “unfair” advantages (21:45)
- Tax Nuggets Academy moving forward (22:40)
- What made Stuard take his business to the next level/Enneagram (25:00)
- Personality traits affecting relationships (27:10)
- Responsibility for employees (28:05)
- Its time to take it to the next level (29:30)
- Increasing subscriber base (31:40)
- Digital Marketing (32:30)
- Radical Transparency (34:10)
About the Guest
Joyce is a (work in progress) founder, entrepreneur, content creator, disruptor, rebel against boring, savior from sucky training, wife, mother, daughter, sister, human. Top 20 Future Leader - Chartered Accountant's Acuity magazine 2020. Tax specialist with experience in Big 4, mid-tier and ATO - Private Wealth, SMEs, Div7A, trusts, tax governance and NFPs. ATO's National Tax Governance Lead - Private Wealth Top 500 program 2020-21.
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