ENCORE: Nick Lopez, From College Painter to Franchise Innovator

Nick Lopez left Colorado as a wide-eyed first-generation college student, to work on a BS in Business Marketing at Michigan State. His plan was to "walk on" to the wrestling team, which would ultimately pay for the cost of tuition and living.The reality was that a scholarship was a couple of years away, so Nick made the tough decision to hang up his wrestling boots for an entrepreneurial endeavor, in order to support the cost of his education.At the age of 19, Nick founded his painting  company and every summer thereafter, he painted homes to help pay for tuition, books, and cost of living. By doing so, Nick developed a real passion and love for the craft of home improvement. In his third year as the owner of the company, the “light bulb” went off. Nick realized that those years of painting didn’t have to be his last, and that a future in the home improvement industry made sense. From that point forward, Nick focused on building a business that would set the standard for excellence in painting and home improvement.He's here today, to tell us all about it.