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- Building a Million-Dollar Painting Company With His Father | Chris Rodriguez
What does it take to build a million-dollar painting company while growing alongside the person who taught you the trade?
In this episode of Brush Hour Podcast, Michael O’Horo sits down with Chris Rodriguez, owner of Smart Painting Colors in Calgary, Canada.
Chris shares how his painting journey took him from working in difficult conditions in Baltimore to painting high-end homes around Washington, D.C.—including the home of a former United States Attorney General.
After returning to Canada, Chris joined forces with his father and began transforming a small subcontracting operation into a growing residential painting company. Smart Painting Colors produced approximately $700,000 in revenue last year and had already surpassed $1 million at the time of this conversation.
Chris discusses generating millions of views through painting content, using Facebook Marketplace to find early customers, investing in coaching and marketing, and learning how to transition from painter to business owner.
He also opens up about the challenges of building a company with family, developing leaders, taking care of employees, and creating a business that benefits everyone involved.
This episode is about believing bigger, investing in growth, leading with integrity, and refusing to allow fear or failure to determine what your business can become.
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1 hr 27 min - From College Graduate to Nearly $1 Million in 15 Months | Ben Tornambe
What does it take to build a painting company approaching $1 million in sales just 15 months after graduating college?
In this episode of The Brush Hour Podcast, Michael O’Horo sits down with Ben Tornambe, owner of Tornambe Painting in the Philadelphia area.
Ben shares how he went from painting during college breaks to running two crews, building a team, and growing one of the fastest-rising painting companies in his market.
Throughout the episode, Ben breaks down the mindset, discipline, marketing, and sales systems behind that growth. He discusses why he refuses to focus on competitors, how professionalism helped him overcome being a young business owner, and why doing what is best for the customer matters more than making money on every job.
Ben also shares his approach to Meta ads, yard signs, reviews, personal branding, tracking his numbers, and treating every interaction as an opportunity to market his business.
Most importantly, he explains why fear should be a sign to move forward and why consistently “killing the day” is the foundation of long-term success.
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1 hr 1 min - Building a Painting Business on Faith, Discipline & Authenticity | Ricardo Herrera
In Episode 3 of The Brush Hour Podcast, Michael O’Horo sits down with Ricardo Herrera, known on social media as Ricardo the Painter and the owner of TPG Paints & Stains.
Ricardo started painting at just 12 years old before launching his own company after graduating high school. Today, he has built a trusted residential painting brand with a strong team, hundreds of five-star reviews, and thousands of social media followers.
Ricardo shares how faith, discipline, and authenticity have shaped his success. He also discusses building relationships with realtors, using social media to earn trust, understanding your numbers, and the realities of leading a team.
Most importantly, Ricardo explains why building a bigger company doesn’t always create a better life and why contractors must define success for themselves instead of chasing the image they see online.
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50 min - Great Culture Leads to Fast Growth - Alex Huzicka, Owner of Alex Paints
In this Episode of the Brush Hour Podcast, we sit down with Alex Huzicka, owner of Alex Paints, to break down what really drives growth in a painting business.
Alex shares how building a strong culture, and actually taking care of his guys, became the foundation for everything. That culture didn’t just make the job site better… it’s what allowed them to grow fast.
We also get into his story. Not knowing what he wanted to do after college, getting into painting by working for someone else, and how learning on the job gave him the blueprint to start his own company.
This episode is a real look at how culture, leadership, and doing things the right way can turn a simple start into a serious business.
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41 min - How This Painting Company 8x In Only 2 years - Kareem Hamdan
In this episode, we sit down with Kareem Hamdan, owner of K&A Painting, who has grown his company from $250K to over $2 million in just two years (8x Growth!).
Kareem shares how implementing the right systems and marketing played a key role in that growth, along with the mindset and work ethic he developed as a college football player. Starting the business while finishing his football career to help pay for tuition, Kareem breaks down what it really takes to scale a painting company and the lessons that translate from sports into business.
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About Brush Hour Podcast
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The Brush Hour Podcast is the go-to podcast for real conversations, actionable insights, and a clear look into the painting industry. Hosted by Michael O’Horo, who helped run a painting company for…
years and now helps them grow. It’s built for painters, contractors, and business owners who want to grow, sharpen their skills, and hear from industry leaders. Raw, unfiltered insights from painters in the trenches who have built solid businesses. Covering business growth, leadership, tools, job site stories, and what’s working right now, with real experiences from professionals in the field today.