Hosted by Mike Gore-Hickman · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 344 episodes
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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 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
Mike Gore-Hickman hosts Painter Growth Podcast, a business show with 344 episodes published.
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
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
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
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
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
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,
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
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 Pain
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 fo
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 ph
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 tak
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 wit
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 witho
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 tha
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 cos
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 s
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 br
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 actua
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 nea
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 bui
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