Steps to start a successful company in Australia (30min podcast)

June 15, 2020

Owen Raszkiewicz

Owen is the Chief Investment Officer of Rask Invest and Founder of Rask. Since founding The Rask Group in 2017 in the hillside suburb of Upwey, Victoria, Owen has overseen the growth of the Rask platform to over 200,000 investor followers. Today, Owen oversees the Rask Analyst team, which helps more than 4,000 Aussies build core portfolios from ETFs and shares, he hosts Australia's biggest investing podcast, The Australian Investors Podcast, appears on Rask's other channels, covering Property, Business and Finance; and leads Rask Education - our education platform which has enrolled over 25,000 Australians into free finance courses. Prior to founding Rask, Owen was an investment analyst at the highly regarded managed funds research business and a writer/analyst for one of the most well-known share market publications. Owen’s formal qualifications include a Master of Applied Finance and Master of Financial Planning from Kaplan Professional, Bachelor of Technology (Information Systems) from Swinburne University of Technology, Advanced Diploma of Financial Services (Financial Planning) and Diploma of Mortgage Broking Management. He's also completed level 1 of the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) program.

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As if understanding how to start a successful company or business in Australia was hard enough…

COVID-19 or Coronavirus has reminded Australia’s legion of small business owners and companies just how hard it can be. In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, I take you through what’s required to start a business in Australia, including:

Understanding the difference between an ‘idea’ and a business
Preparing yourself for what’s required — to maximise your odds of success
Planning a small business
Knowing the difference between a side hustle and business and hobby
The basics of tax for companies, sole traders and individuals
Marketing a business
Employees – full-time, versus freelancer/contractor, ABNs and casuals
Handling lawyers, accounting, business names, creating a website and more!

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Starting a (magnificent) business in Australia isn’t easy. Take it from me. There’s a LOT of work involved after the business is up and running. But before you even accept your first dollar of sales or revenue, you need to understand lots of complicated nonsense that seems so overwhelming. Tax, insurance, legal, marketing… blah, blah… blah.

In this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast Owen Rask, Founder of The Rask Group, tries to provide an overview of everything you need to know about starting a business in Australia, and shares some great show notes on exactly what you need to think about to get started.

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