1 hr 13 min
16. Trish Johnstone from Oath + Stone - Being Brave and Letting Go of Control Brave in Business with Bec McFarland
-
- Entrepreneurship
Today on the Brave In Business podcast, Bec chats with Trish Johnstone of Oath + Stone.
Since graduating from the University of Canberra in 2007 with a Bachelor of Graphic Design, Trish Johnstone has worked across a number of industries in both full service and in-house design team environments. She started Oath + Stone in 2017, a Canberra based graphic design studio for small and medium sized businesses. Artistic and analytical at heart, she gets to know you and your business in a way that allows her to make informed decisions that directly contribute to your success. Trish shares experiences from her career and personal life that has made her call upon her courage and bravery and challenge herself.
Find Trish Johnstone here:
Oath + Stone Website
Instagram
Facebook
16. Trish Johnstone from Oath + Stone - Being Brave and Letting Go of Control - Transcript
Hi, I'm Bec McFarlane from popular business and popular career. In this podcast, I'll be speaking to entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, made difficult decisions, challenged the status quo and achieved amazing things in their businesses. welcome to Braven business. Since graduating from the University of Canberra in 2007 with a bachelor of graphic design, Trish Johnston has worked across a number of industries in both full service and in-house design team environments. She started Oath and Stone in 2017, artistic and analytical at heart. She gets to know you and your business in a way that allows her to make informed decisions that directly contribute to your success. Trish contributes to the Canberra design industry through mentoring and lecturing at the University of Canberra. Hey, Trish, welcome to brave in business. It's so lovely to have you here. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. They're excellent. And I know just from having a look at your notes that there is a lot that we have to talk about and things that you've done that have been quite brave in your business. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I'm really excited, too. I just love what you've done on the podcast and talking about I guess these points that aren't as glamorous in business that you know, being brave business, I think, is one of the most thing. It's a huge part of it. It's, you know, going and doing things on your own and creating a life that you want and and being brave or courageous is sort of at the heart of that. So yeah, I'm really excited to chat today. This is my first podcast. So I'm excited to be here with you today. Very cool. You're definitely in safe hands. And I love what you just said about bravery not being glamorous, but to agree with you. It's, um, beautiful and messy and delicious, but, uh, definitely not glamorous most of the time, anyway, Um so for the listeners who don't know you, I would love for you to start by just telling us a little bit about your business and how you got to where you are today. So Oak Stone is a graphic design studio based in Canberra, and we support small and medium sized businesses in their graphic design and marketing. We do have a couple of bigger players on the board, but the typical client that we have in in the studio they have a footprint of so between one and 20 team members and mostly Canberra based. But we do work a little bit in, uh, interstate clients as well. fantastic, and I've got to say since the moment that I met you, which I think it was quite a few years ago. Now, at a business chicks event, Um, I have just been in love with your branding, and I actually quite often send people over to your instagram to take a look so gorgeous because we rebranded, uh, earlier in the year, too. Oh, really? Uh, we've been in business for five years now, and it got to the point where, um I I don't think there was anything particularly wrong with that branding it, but I just felt that it didn't reflect. Probably when I first met you at business chicks, I I remember that, um the business has evolved, and I thought time to, uh, to reflect that
Today on the Brave In Business podcast, Bec chats with Trish Johnstone of Oath + Stone.
Since graduating from the University of Canberra in 2007 with a Bachelor of Graphic Design, Trish Johnstone has worked across a number of industries in both full service and in-house design team environments. She started Oath + Stone in 2017, a Canberra based graphic design studio for small and medium sized businesses. Artistic and analytical at heart, she gets to know you and your business in a way that allows her to make informed decisions that directly contribute to your success. Trish shares experiences from her career and personal life that has made her call upon her courage and bravery and challenge herself.
Find Trish Johnstone here:
Oath + Stone Website
Instagram
Facebook
16. Trish Johnstone from Oath + Stone - Being Brave and Letting Go of Control - Transcript
Hi, I'm Bec McFarlane from popular business and popular career. In this podcast, I'll be speaking to entrepreneurs who have overcome adversity, made difficult decisions, challenged the status quo and achieved amazing things in their businesses. welcome to Braven business. Since graduating from the University of Canberra in 2007 with a bachelor of graphic design, Trish Johnston has worked across a number of industries in both full service and in-house design team environments. She started Oath and Stone in 2017, artistic and analytical at heart. She gets to know you and your business in a way that allows her to make informed decisions that directly contribute to your success. Trish contributes to the Canberra design industry through mentoring and lecturing at the University of Canberra. Hey, Trish, welcome to brave in business. It's so lovely to have you here. Thank you for having me. I'm so excited. They're excellent. And I know just from having a look at your notes that there is a lot that we have to talk about and things that you've done that have been quite brave in your business. Oh, thank you. Yeah, I'm really excited, too. I just love what you've done on the podcast and talking about I guess these points that aren't as glamorous in business that you know, being brave business, I think, is one of the most thing. It's a huge part of it. It's, you know, going and doing things on your own and creating a life that you want and and being brave or courageous is sort of at the heart of that. So yeah, I'm really excited to chat today. This is my first podcast. So I'm excited to be here with you today. Very cool. You're definitely in safe hands. And I love what you just said about bravery not being glamorous, but to agree with you. It's, um, beautiful and messy and delicious, but, uh, definitely not glamorous most of the time, anyway, Um so for the listeners who don't know you, I would love for you to start by just telling us a little bit about your business and how you got to where you are today. So Oak Stone is a graphic design studio based in Canberra, and we support small and medium sized businesses in their graphic design and marketing. We do have a couple of bigger players on the board, but the typical client that we have in in the studio they have a footprint of so between one and 20 team members and mostly Canberra based. But we do work a little bit in, uh, interstate clients as well. fantastic, and I've got to say since the moment that I met you, which I think it was quite a few years ago. Now, at a business chicks event, Um, I have just been in love with your branding, and I actually quite often send people over to your instagram to take a look so gorgeous because we rebranded, uh, earlier in the year, too. Oh, really? Uh, we've been in business for five years now, and it got to the point where, um I I don't think there was anything particularly wrong with that branding it, but I just felt that it didn't reflect. Probably when I first met you at business chicks, I I remember that, um the business has evolved, and I thought time to, uh, to reflect that
1 hr 13 min