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Painter Growth Podcast
by Mike Gore-Hickman
If you are a growth-oriented painting contractor, this is what you need.Growing a painting company can be overwhelming. Should I buy leads? How do I price this? What type of marketing should I do? How do I find reliable painters?Join us as we explore sales, marketing, hiring, finances, leadership and more - everything you need to know to scale and grow your painting business.Learn how to get more leads, close more sales, hire more painters, grow your production and make more money in your painting business-all while working less.@paintergrowth on Instagram. Https://www.paintergrowth.com
Episodes
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This is What Actually Scales Your Painting Business | Auto Pilot Ep 4
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real businesses instead of just running jobs. We've worked with over 1,500...
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This Is the Exact Moment Painting Business Owners Give Up | Auto Pilot Ep 3
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/ If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real businesses instead of just running jobs. We've worked with over…
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What Got You Here Won't Get You There | Auto Pilot Ep 2 | Painter Growth
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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The $5K/Hour Sales Strategy Painting Contractors Ignore | Autopilot Ep.1
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/ If you're new here, I'm Mike, founder of Painter Growth. We coach painting contractors on how to build a real business, not just run jobs. We've worked with over 1,500 contractors, from $300K solo guys to $5M teams,...
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Why Every Successful Entrepreneur Needs to Face Their Shadow
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-... In this episode of the Painter Growth Podcast, Jesse sits down with Mark Anthony Lord, a spiritual coach, ordained minister, and the man Jesse credits with one of the most profound turning points in his life...
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The #1 Handoff Mistake Costing Painting Contractors Jobs
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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Swimming in Murky Water: A Painter's 90-Day Financial Turnaround
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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Rebuilding a Painting Business After Losing Your Team — Patrick (Rocket Painter)
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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From $50K in Debt to Full Financial Control: A Painting Business Turnaround | Painter Growth Stories
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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Painting Contractor: Breaking Even to 20% in the Bank in 90 Days
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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5 High-Performance Habits for Painting Biz
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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Q2 Review + Q3 Planning for Painting Contractors | The 7 Numbers That Decide Your Next Quarter
Download your free Painter Growth training here: https://learn.paintergrowth.com/grow-v1?utm_source=youtube&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=grow-v1 If you're new here, my name is Mike Gore-Hickman. I'm the founder of Painter Growth, a coaching company that helps painting contractors build real...
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From $30K Months To $100K Months In Under A Year Painter Growth Story
Eric Winegardner started Winegardner Fine Finishes and Coatings in Honesdale, Pennsylvania in 2023. People told him no one in his area would pay premium prices for high-end finishes. By 2024 he was at just under $700K in revenue. By mid-2025 he was consistently doing $100K+ months — with a…
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Why Painting Contractors Are Busy But Broke (And How to Fix It)
You're slammed all summer, crews are pumping, the phone won't stop — so why is there no money in the bank? In this episode, Coach Jesse and Coach Rich break down the real reason so many painting contractors stay busy but broke, then hand you the financial systems and busy-season tactics to fix it...
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From $680K and Broke to $1M in 5 Months | Painter Growth
Derrick did $680K in sales in 2025 and ended the year broke. Six months later, his company, Mountain Man Painting in Twin Lakes, Colorado, where most jobs are 8,000 ft and up, had $1 million booked for the year. It's the first time he'd ever hit that number, and he got there in five months. In…
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How Painters Win The Ai Gold Rush (Before It's Too Late)
Tanner Mullen (founder of DripJobs) returns to the Painter Growth Podcast for one of his most tactical conversations yet. Mike Workman and Tanner dig into why software is becoming commoditized, why education and service are the real moats, and how AI is reshaping what it means to run a painting...
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Dream It or Doubt It: Coaching a Painter Through the Gray Zone
Most painters don't get what they want because they never actually decide what they want. They live in the "gray zone" — surviving, reacting, putting out fires — and wonder why the business keeps hitting the same ceiling. In this live coaching episode, Coach Jesse sits down with Damon, owner of…
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Health, Fitness & Growing Your Painting Business
Most painting contractors pour everything into the business and quietly let their health fall apart — until one day they wake up as a shadow of the man they wanted to be. In this episode, Mike sits down with Sean Crane, founder of Unstoppable 365, to break down why getting your body, energy, and...
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Build With AI or Get Buried: How Painters Get Ahead
AI is coming for accountants, lawyers, and every desk job first — but if you run a painting business, you might be holding the biggest advantage of your career. Mike sits down with entrepreneur Jason Paris to break down what AI agents actually mean for painting contractors — and why the painters...
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She Never Touched a Paintbrush — Now She Runs a Company Across 5 Cities
She never touched a paintbrush in her life — now she runs a painting company across multiple cities in Colorado. So why does she say most business owners with money in the bank are still broke?In this episode of the Painter Growth Podcast, Mike sits down with Myrna, owner of CEO Painting Pro, for...
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How Painters Can Get Exclusive Leads With No Upfront Cost — ft. Hisham of Leads Pilot
Tired of paying thousands upfront for ads that don't convert, or fighting over shared leads on Angie's? In this episode, Mike sits down with Hisham, co-founder of Leads Pilot — a pay-per-lead agency built specifically for painting contractors. Hisham breaks down exactly how Leads Pilot works:...
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Beating Burnout: Leadership, Hiring, and the Systems That Set You Free
Coaches Jesse and Kit are back together for a raw, real conversation about one of the biggest silent killers in entrepreneurship — burnout. If you've ever felt like a zombie at the dinner table, dreaded picking up the phone, or wondered why growing your business feels like it's slowly breaking…
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How to Hire the Right People for Your Painting Business
Jason Thompson, Director of Mitsuoka & Company Recruiting, joins Mike Gore-Hickman to break down what separates great hires from costly mistakes. From in-home sales reps to project managers, Jason shares how his team takes a custom, headhunting approach to find people who are the right fit, not...
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AI Native or AI Extinct: How Painters Can Win with AI Before 2028
Is your painting business AI-ready — or at risk of being left behind? In this episode of the Painter Growth Podcast, Jesse and Gavin break down exactly how painting contractors can start using AI right now to do more with less. From writing SOPs in minutes, to building a $100K+ partner outreach...
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Brush Busters: Filtering Fake Leads, Building Flow, and Working with Family Without Losing Your Mind
In this raw and insightful episode of Brush Busters, coaches Jesse and Gavin dive deep into some of the most pressing (and personal) challenges painting business owners face today: 🎯 How to filter out ghost leads without killing conversions 🧠 The power of personal performance, fasting,...
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Trusting Profit: Job Costing, Production Rates, and How to Stop Scope Creep
Ever finish a job, see solid revenue, and still wonder where the profit went? In this episode, we break down how painting contractors lose margin during production, even when the estimate “felt right.” From prep work that quietly expands (patch turns into skim) to the classic “while you’re here”...
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The Hard Truth Every Painting Business Owner Needs to Hear
In this solo episode, I share the raw lessons I wish I’d known when I started running my painting business. This episode is about the truths that no one tells you when you start a painting business, the mistakes that cost me time, money, and even my sanity. I open up about the challenges that...
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From Paint Brush to Content Creator — How Christian Manhard Built a Business He Actually Wants to Live
Christian Manhard didn't set out to become a social media influencer. He just started filming his work. Seventeen years in the painting trade, a personal Instagram account, and a camera phone. That's how it started. No strategy, no editor, no plan, just a guy who loved documenting process the…
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Why Letting Go Is the Hardest Part of Growing Your Business
Brooke runs a painting business that did $370K last year. He wants to do $750K this year. And he's doing it all while managing chronic migraines, a team that needs leading, and a schedule that barely gives him room to breathe. This episode is a raw coaching conversation about what it actually…
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AI for Contractors: What's Actually Working in 2026
Most contractors are using AI like it's a search engine. Here's what they're missing. I sat down with Arwin, founder of Rebolt HQ, an AI-powered operating system built for service businesses, and we got into what's actually working right now for painting contractors who are serious about running…
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The $5 Million Check: Why a Million-Dollar Business Owner Was Terrified to Cash It
What happens when you 5X your revenue in a single year — and still can't let yourself win? In this raw, unfiltered live coaching call, Jesse sits down with James Mitchell, a painting contractor who went from $179K to nearly $1M in revenue in 2025. By every external measure, he's crushing it. But...
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From $0 Pipeline to $150K Weeks — Logan Platt's Painting Business Transformation
Logan Platt started Clean Cut Painters in Bozeman, Montana with zero business background, just a neuroscience degree, a paintbrush, and a crew of independent contractors. For years, his company survived on one or two builder relationships. When that dried up, the clock started ticking. In this...
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How to Handle Bad Paint, Angry Clients, and Supplier Pushback
In this episode of Brush Busters, coaches Lucas and Chris tackle real letters from painting business owners and share their no-nonsense solutions. From Marcus in Calgary dealing with chunky paint batches to strategies for keeping customers happy while holding suppliers accountable, this episode...
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How to Hire the Right Sales Rep for Your Painting Business
Hiring a sales rep can help you grow faster. It can also create a mess if you do it too early or without the right systems in place. In this episode, we break down what painting business owners need to get right before bringing on a sales rep: when the timing makes sense, what responsibilities…
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Building a Field Marketing Role That Drives Growth
In this episode, Jesse sits down with Isaac from White Oak Painting and his new field marketing manager for a live coaching session focused on one of the biggest opportunities in a painting business: generating more leads from the neighborhoods you’re already working in. They talk through what…
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Money Mindset, Bookkeeping Basics & Getting to Baseline: The Financial Blueprint Every Tradesperson Needs
What does it really take to stop living paycheck to paycheck when you own a trades business? In this episode, Jesse Teron sits down with Kedma Ough, the financial genius behind Iron Books, to unpack the practical and psychological tools that help contractors, painters, and tradespeople finally…
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Why your business is stuck (And how to solve it)
If your income has not moved in 3 years, if your business keeps hitting the same ceiling, if your life looks basically the same as it did 5 years ago, there’s a hard truth hiding in plain sight. Most of the time, it is not the economy. It is not the market. It is not your team. It is not your...
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Brush Busters: The Street Marketing Playbook for Real Growth
What happens when a homeowner nearly falls off her chair from your price, and still leaves you a 5-star review before you do the job? In this episode, we unpack a Momentum coaching call filled with real stories and real wins. From placing 350+ door hangers to unlocking $40K in builder work, these...
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From Panic Attack to 6 Crews in 4 Weeks: The 10-Second Rule That Saved My Business (And Life)
In this raw Coffee Conversation, Coach Jesse gets real. He opens up about the moment he hit rock bottom while building his second painting company. He had four jobs open, no reliable crews, cash pressure mounting… and a full-blown panic attack on the side of the road. Couldn’t breathe. Couldn’t...
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Your Painting Business Is Growing but You’re Losing Control (Here’s Why)
What happens when your painting business grows faster than your leadership systems? In this Brush Busters episode, Josh and Wayne break down real questions from owners running multi-million dollar painting companies who feel like they’re losing control. Jobs happening without visibility. Teams...
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Buy Back 10 Hours a Week Without Hiring Anyone
Most owners think the only way to get their time back is to hire. But hiring is slow, expensive, and it often solves the wrong problem. In this episode, Mike breaks down a simple framework to buy back up to 10 hours per week using leverage you already have, before you add payroll. Here’s what...
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5 Mistakes That Almost Killed My Painting Company (And How I Fixed Them)
If you’re building a painting company and it feels harder than it should, this episode is your shortcut. I’m breaking down five mistakes I made the hard way, from hiring the wrong way and leading with pressure, to working nonstop, waiting too long to hire key roles, holding on to the wrong…
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Rules Create Freedom: Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Team Culture | Brush Busters
Description: Most painting business owners say they want freedom. But the way they run their week guarantees the opposite. In this Brush Busters episode, Coach Jesse and Coach Chris break down a simple truth that changes everything: rules create freedom. The owners who feel calm, profitable, and…
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How To Take A Vacation (And Not Blow Up Your Business)
Are you trapped in your business? If you can't step away for a week without everything falling apart, you don't have a business—you have a job. In this episode, Michael Reitman shares exactly how he's preparing to take a 7-day vacation completely offline, and the framework you need to do the…
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How Elon Musk Would Scale a Painting Business: The 5-Step Framework to Grow Faster Without Burning Out
What if Elon Musk had to scale a painting business from scratch? In this episode, Mike breaks down a 5-step scaling framework inspired by how Musk builds and simplifies massive companies. The goal is simple: grow faster, cut the chaos, and stop optimizing work that should not exist in the first...
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High Performers Train: Here’s Why It Matters in Business
Does being physically fit make you a better leader? In the painting business, leadership is not just what you say. It is what you model. In this episode, I break down why fitness is often correlated with high performance, how your habits impact employee respect and customer trust, and how working...
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The One Unlock You Need to Scale in 2026
Most painting business owners hit the same ceiling for the same reason. Not leads. Not ads. Not pricing. It’s leverage. In this solo episode, Mike breaks down the one unlock that actually changes your capacity to grow in 2026: moving from “I delegate tasks” to “I delegate outcomes.” Because…
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Mike's Solo - Top 5 Lessons I Learned In 2025 (While Scaling Painter Growth)
Happy New Year! In this first episode of 2026, I'm pulling back the curtain on Painter Growth's journey to nearly $5M in 2025, and it wasn't pretty. This year was our hardest yet. We dealt with team issues, profit struggles, toxic employees, and some of the most expensive mistakes I've ever made....
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Stop Paying for Time, Start Paying for Outcomes: The AI Framework
Want to 10x your team's output? The secret isn't working harder, it's aligning incentives. In this episode, Mike breaks down the most powerful leadership tool you're probably not using: AI (Aligned Incentives). Learn how to structure compensation plans that get your team thinking about your...
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Mike's Solo - How To Be Effective Over The Holidays
The holidays don’t have to destroy your momentum. In this episode, Mike breaks down how painting business owners can stay effective over the holiday season without burning out or completely checking out. He explains why slowing down doesn’t mean disconnecting, the three common holiday traps that...
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
If you are a growth-oriented painting contractor, this is what you need.Growing a painting company can be overwhelming. Should I buy leads? How do I price this? What type of marketing should I do? How do I find reliable painters?Join us as we explore sales, marketing, hiring, finances, leadership and more - everything you need to know to scale and grow your painting business.Learn how to get more leads, close more sales, hire more painters, grow your production and make more money in your painting business-all while working less.@paintergrowth on Instagram. Https://www.paintergrowth.com
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If you are a growth-oriented painting contractor, this is what you need.Growing a painting company can be overwhelming. Should I buy leads? How do I price this? What type of marketing should I do? How do I find reliable painters?Join us as we explore sales, marketing, hiring, finances, leadership...
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