Profitable Painter Podcast
Profitable Painter Podcast is a rich resource for anyone interested in starting, running, and scaling a professional painting business, offering valuable insights, strategies, and interviews with industry leaders. Through case studies and in-depth discussions, we deliver a vivid picture of the painting industry, with a disclaimer that any financial or tax information is general and not a substitute for professional advice.
Episodes
In this episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, we sit down with Vital and Andrii, the founders of Ukie Painting in Charlotte, NC. They reveal the exact strategies that took them from two guys with a single car and no painting skills to a multi-million dollar business in just three years.
You'll learn how they:
- Started with $0: Their humble beginnings using door knocking, Facebook, and a car magnet to land t...
In this episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, Daniel Honan (CPA, former painting business owner) and Richard Dunton (Enrolled Agent) dive deep into the SCALE Framework, the core system from Daniel's new book for ensuring your business is built to grow profitably.
You'll learn the 5 critical components to diagnose your financial health:
- S - Secure Profitability: Discover the #1 ratio to dial in for max...
Worried about protecting the wealth you've built in your painting business?
In this episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, Daniel Honan (CPA, former painting business owner) and Richard Dunton (Enrolled Agent) reveal the exact framework to shield your assets, slash your tax bill, and secure your legacy.
You'll learn the "Cover Your B.U.T.T." framework to defend your business and family wealth:
Breaking Through Financial Ceilings: The GAPS Framework for Painting Businesses
Tired of hitting a growth ceiling in your painting business?
In this episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, Daniel Honan (CPA, former painting business owner) and Richard Dunton (Enrolled Agent) break down the exact framework they use with clients to identify and smash through their biggest bottlenecks.
You'll learn the &qu...
In this episode, Daniel Honan sits down with Michael Jordan, a true industry titan who built a massive painting business employing over 70 painters and expanded into multiple service-based companies.
Mike opens up his 25-year playbook, sharing the exact strategies he used to break out of residential repaints and dominate the lucrative commercial and industrial painting space. If you're feeling stuck or ready to sc...
In this episode, Daniel sits down with Gabriel Gore, a successful painting business owner with nearly 20 years of experience. Gabriel shares his incredible journey from starting with no industry knowledge to running a multi-location, multi-million-dollar operation. Learn key insights on:
- Scaling past the $3 million revenue barrier and overcoming common growth plateaus.
- The power of core values and how they shape hir...
In this exclusive webinar, Daniel Honan (CPA) and Richard Dunton (EA) from Profitable Painter CPA (formerly Bookkeepers for Painters) share actionable strategies to help painting business owners scale profitably, reduce taxes, and avoid financial pitfalls.
Key Takeaways:
-The #1 Financial Ratio to maximize profitability without wasting money on marketing.
-Tax Reduction Secrets to legally pay almost nothing ...
In this episode, Daniel sits down with Matthew Johnson, a successful painting business owner from Louisiana, to explore his incredible journey, from picking up a brush as a teenager to building a multi-million-dollar company. Matthew shares candid insights on overcoming challenges, the importance of coaching and core values, and how to create a thriving team culture. Whether you're just starting out or looking to...
From $160K to $4.5M in 4 Years: The Monster Energy Painting Success Story
In this episode, we sit down with the CEO of Montenegro's , to uncover how he and his brother built a thriving painting business in Idaho, starting from scratch and scaling to millions in revenue. Learn their secrets to balancing residential and commercial projects, managing cash flow, and overcoming major challenges like delayed payments an...
In this episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, host Daniel Honan (CPA and former painting business owner) sits down with Russell Peach, founder of Peach Painting, to uncover the strategies behind scaling a painting business from $500K to a projected $7M in revenue.
Russell shares his incredible journey, from starting with full-home remodels to niching down into commercial painting, and finally pivoting to residenti...
In this value-packed episode, host Daniel Honan sits down with Zane Zeman went from crunching numbers in corporate finance to running a 38-year-old painting business, and he did it with just 5% down. In this episode, we break down:
✅ Why he BOUGHT instead of starting from scratch (hint: it’s riskier than you think).
✅ The wild SBA loan process, how he got financing with ZERO industry experience.
✅ The biggest c...
In this value-packed episode, host Daniel Honan sits down with Josh Henry, a cabinet refinishing specialist who scaled his business to $1M+ in revenue with industry-leading 65% profit margins. Discover how niching down and strategic delegation transformed his operation from a one-man show into a powerhouse.
Key Takeaways You’ll Learn:
- Why specializing in one service (like cabinet refinishing) beats being a "jac...
In this value-packed episode, host Daniel Honan sits down with Micah McLain, founder of Search Quick Grow, to share actionable strategies for painting contractors looking to grow their businesses profitably.
Key Takeaways You'll Learn:
- The power of niching down and why trying to do everything often leads to failure
- How to calculate your true market potential (most contractors are leaving money on the table!)
- Bran...
In this must-watch episode of the Profitable Painter Podcast, Richard Dunton, Enrolled Agent and Advising Director for Profitable Painter CPA, breaks down the controversial House Resolution No. 1 (HR 1), the so-called "One Big Beautiful Bill", and how it could drastically impact your taxes, deductions, and bottom line as a small business owner.
🔹 Will the government raise taxes in 2025?
🔹 Hidden pitfall...
In this episode, host Daniel Honan, CPA and former painting business owner, sits down with Ryan Ezzell, the founder of a rapidly growing painting business in Tennessee. Ryan shares his incredible journey from starting with door-to-door sales to scaling his company to over $1.5M in revenue in the first year and on track for $4M+ in year two.
🔹 Key Takeaways:
- How Ryan built a hybrid team of subcontractors and in-hous...
In this episode, host Daniel Honan, CPA and former painting business owner, sits down with Knut Olsen, the owner of Cascade Ridge Painting in Washington. Knut shares his incredible journey from working a "boring desk job" to building a thriving painting business that’s on track to hit $600,000 in revenue this year, all in just four years!
🔹 Key Takeaways:
-How Knut transitioned from a 9-to-5 job to entre...
In this episode, host Daniel Honan (CPA and former painting business owner) sits down with Patrick from Patrick’s Painting in Northern Virginia. Patrick shares his incredible journey from starting with just a paintbrush and a contractor’s license to building a multi-million-dollar painting business.
Key Takeaways:
- How quitting drinking and focusing on productivity helped Patrick grow from $600K to $2.6M in revenue.
- T...
Welcome to the Profitable Painter Podcast! In this episode, host Daniel Honan, CPA and former painting business owner, sits down with Brad Ellison, founder of Ellison Painting, to uncover how he scaled his residential painting business from $0 to $5.1 million in under 3 years.
Brad shares: How he stumbled into the painting industry The exact marketing and hiring strategies he used to grow fast Why work-life...
In this episode of The Profitable Painter, host Daniel Honan sits down with Zach Guthrie, a painting business owner from Buffalo, New York, who has grown his company from a solo venture into a thriving operation with two full-time crews and seasonal expansion.
Zach shares the real-world challenges he faced in the early days, juggling roles, setting up his LLC, handling taxes, and managing manpower, and how he overcam...
In this episode, Molly Zabielski and her business partner Jacob share their inspiring journey from working with Student Painters to launching Clean and Coat Painting in August 2023. Discover how they leveraged social media to serve 200+ residential customers in just eight months, achieving a remarkable 39% closing rate on Facebook leads, far above the industry average.
They reveal their winning strategies, from creatin...
Popular Podcasts
The latest news in 4 minutes updated every hour, every day.
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com
The Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show. Clay Travis and Buck Sexton tackle the biggest stories in news, politics and current events with intelligence and humor. From the border crisis, to the madness of cancel culture and far-left missteps, Clay and Buck guide listeners through the latest headlines and hot topics with fun and entertaining conversations and opinions.
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Charlie is America's hardest working grassroots activist who has your inside scoop on the biggest news of the day and what's really going on behind the headlines. The founder of Turning Point USA and one of social media's most engaged personalities, Charlie is on the front lines of America’s culture war, mobilizing hundreds of thousands of students on over 3,500 college and high school campuses across the country, bringing you your daily dose of clarity in a sea of chaos all from his signature no-holds-barred, unapologetically conservative, freedom-loving point of view. You can also watch Charlie Kirk on Salem News Channel