Grant Dougherty’s Story: From Corporate Job to Tax Educator

Taxes are one of the biggest financial stressors business owners face. The OBBBA made the 20% Qualified Business Income deduction permanent at the current rate, but only certain pass-through entities are eligible.

And that’s just one rule. Tax law changes constantly, from bonus depreciation to SALT caps to R&D expensing. The reality is, if you don’t understand the rules that apply to you, you could be missing out on tens of thousands in savings every single year.

So, Grant Dougherty, a tax strategist who helps service-based business owners and real estate investors cut their tax bills, came up with a solution that solves those exact problems.

He has built the Majority Tax Mastery learning program that’s designed to make taxes simple, actionable, and profitable for everybody. 

The program is not made to turn people into accountants, but to give them just enough clarity to make smarter financial decisions.

Keep reading to learn how he switched from a corporate job to running his own firm, and why his course delivers the kind of tax education that solves real problems, not theory.

From Corporate Job to Running His Own Firm

Grant studied business and accounting in college, then he got a job at Cisco in corporate finance, and that’s when the numbers started to click.

At the same time, he was filing simple tax returns for friends on the side. When COVID hit and layoffs spread, he realized he needed more control over his future. He got licensed, found a mentor, and started working with real clients.

By 2021, he got eight months notice that his role would be eliminated, so he used that time to build Dougherty Tax Solutions into a real business.

“That uncertainty was my motivator. I realized I never wanted someone else deciding whether I had a job again” he recalls.

The Teaching Journey: Monetizing the Knowledge

Grant’s philosophy is straightforward: you don’t need the entire tax code, just the parts that apply to you.

So, he built his course, Majority Tax Mastery, around that principle.

• Immediate results: save money by understanding the deductions that actually apply.
• Medium-term reliefs: reduce stress by having a system. Knowing what counts, what doesn’t, and how to avoid costly mistakes.
• Long-term payoffs: financial freedom and tax-efficient wealth transfer.

“I’ve seen little mistakes cost people thousands. Most don’t even know they only have three years to claim a refund. My goal is to make sure they never leave money on the table.”

Building and selling a course with Teachly

Grant had already tried launching a course, but it flopped. Some of the reasons were broken links, poor structure, and pricing that didn’t match the audience. 

The content was strong, but the delivery wasn’t.

So, he partnered with Teachly to turn his expertise into a business-ready product. Together, we:

• Migrated and repurposed his existing course content
• Restructured the offer into a clear stack with logical modules
• Planned the launch calendar and rollout strategy
• Wrote the VSL script to articulate the offer directly and persuasively
• Built the sales funnel with landing and thank-you pages
• Created the email welcome series to nurture new students
• Designed sequences to handle DMs and automate responses.

We’ve packaged the entire offer so Grant could focus on teaching.

As he said: “I know the work I put out is good. What I needed was a partner to package it the right way and actually get it out there.” - so we did exactly that. 

Final Thoughts

For business owners and investors, Majority Tax Mastery is a direct way to make taxes less stressful and more profitable. 

The course will teach you the rules that matter so you can make better decisions, keep more of what you earn, and plan strategically as your income grows.

And if you’re a creator, Grant’s story is proof of what happens when you have a growth partners that can build the launch machine. 

Grant brought the expertise, Teachly team built the offer stack, funnel, VSL, emails, automations, and sales assets that turned that his skills into a scalable business.

If you’re an expert ready to do the same, let’s talk.