{"href":"http://player.captivate.fm/services/oembed?url=http%3A%2F%2Fplayer.captivate.fm%2Fepisode%2F87d78858-5896-46e5-9a38-3623bbe844e3","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Captivate.FM","provider_url":"https://www.captivate.fm","width":600,"height":200,"type":"rich","html":"","title":"Controlling your narrative with Joni Johnson-Powe","description":"In this episode of the SALTovation podcast, we speak with Joni Johnson-Powe, from DuCharme, McMillen & Associates, and our very own Judy Vorndran.\r\n\n \r\n\nJoni is the Vice President of DMA\u2019s tax technology consulting division and is also a multi-degreed lawyer, a CPA and an IT specialist. She talks about owning her own businesses and what were the biggest lessons she learned from her first company. She also discusses how she feels her roles as a mom, a leader and a business owner has helped her control her narrative in the workforce.\r\n\n \r\n\nQuestions asked and answered in this Episode:\r\n\n \r\n\nHow did Joni\u2019s educational background influence her career choices and specialties?\r\n\nWhy did she pursue a law as a CPA?\r\n\nHow does Joni feel about being a mom, a leader and a business owner has impacted her?\r\n\n\n \r\n\nWhat You Will Discover:\r\n\n \r\n\n[00:59] How Joni utilized her education\r\n\n[06:15] Why she went to law school as a CPA\r\n\n[10:01] The evolution of software and technology for tax use\r\n\n[16:58] Why she started her own business\r\n\n[22:16] How her family life helps pivot her career path\r\n\n[29:53] How Joni\u2019s many hats helped her control the narrative and how things haven\u2019t changed much in public accounting\r\n\n[40:32] How Joni thinks working from home due to COVID-19 pandemic has benefitted parents\r\n\n[46:06] Michelle\u2019s last takeaway\r\n\n[52:46] Outro\r\n\n\n \r\n\nQuotables:\r\n\n \r\n\n\u201cWhen you're an accountant, it\u2019s A+B=C. When you\u2019re a lawyer, it\u2019s like A+B=CDEFG.\u201d - Joni Johnson-Powe [02:04]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cBusiness is not set it and forget it.\u201d - Judy Vorndran [13:20]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cIt was just a lot of things that you don\u2019t know. You\u2019re starry eyed. You\u2019re ambitious. You want to go out, but you don\u2019t realize all the sacrifices that you really have to make as a business owner. - Joni Johnson-Powe [24:59]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cThere aren\u2019t people like us, so we have to connect with one another to support each other, because we\u2019re going through similar things as business owners, as women, as mothers, as wives, as friends.\u201d - Judy Vorndran [33:44]\r\n\n\n \r\n\n\u201cAnd I really do feel like all of the obstacles that we go through in life build us to be a better person tomorrow.\u201d - Joni Johnson-Powe [47:29]\r\n\n\n \r\n\nRelevant Links:\r\n\n \r\n\nWebsite: https://dmainc.com/ \r\n","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300,"thumbnail_url":"https://artwork.captivate.fm/1105d53f-33b4-4548-ba3d-3e99effdcbe6/salt-1-bpay1.jpg"}