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How I Use AI Managed Agents to Run My Entire Business | Painter Growth Podcast |

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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Recently Added How I Use AI Managed Agents to Run My Entire Business | Painter Growth Podcast | 26:59

How I Use AI Managed Agents to Run My Entire Business | Painter Growth Podcast |

Nov 3, 2026
Recently Added This One Question Made Me Sell My Painting Business 15:06

This One Question Made Me Sell My Painting Business

Oct 31, 2026
Recently Added The Time Management System Every Painting Contractor Needs 17:53

The Time Management System Every Painting Contractor Needs

Oct 30, 2026
Recently Added How to Hire and Manage Top-Performing Employees for Your Painting Business 18:29

How to Hire and Manage Top-Performing Employees for Your Painting Business

Oct 28, 2026
This is What Actually Scales Your Painting Business | Auto Pilot Ep 4 14:11

This is What Actually Scales Your Painting Business | Auto Pilot Ep 4

Sep 15, 2026
This Is the Exact Moment Painting Business Owners Give Up | Auto Pilot Ep 3 19:40

This Is the Exact Moment Painting Business Owners Give Up | Auto Pilot Ep 3

Sep 13, 2026
What Got You Here Won’t Get You There | Auto Pilot Ep 2 | Painter Growth 13:45

What Got You Here Won’t Get You There | Auto Pilot Ep 2 | Painter Growth

Sep 8, 2026
The $5K/Hour Sales Strategy Painting Contractors Ignore | Autopilot Ep.1 13:10

The $5K/Hour Sales Strategy Painting Contractors Ignore | Autopilot Ep.1

Aug 19, 2026
Why Every Successful Entrepreneur Needs to Face Their Shadow 49:51

Why Every Successful Entrepreneur Needs to Face Their Shadow

Aug 15, 2026
The #1 Handoff Mistake Costing Painting Contractors Jobs 39:18

The #1 Handoff Mistake Costing Painting Contractors Jobs

Aug 11, 2026
Swimming in Murky Water: A Painter’s 90-Day Financial Turnaround 29:26

Swimming in Murky Water: A Painter’s 90-Day Financial Turnaround

Aug 7, 2026
Rebuilding a Painting Business After Losing Your Team — Patrick (Rocket Painter) 39:17

Rebuilding a Painting Business After Losing Your Team — Patrick (Rocket Painter)

Aug 4, 2026
From $50K in Debt to Full Financial Control: A Painting Business Turnaround | Painter Growth Stories 27:55

From $50K in Debt to Full Financial Control: A Painting Business Turnaround | Painter Growth Stories

Jul 29, 2026
Painting Contractor: Breaking Even to 20% in the Bank in 90 Days 30:52

Painting Contractor: Breaking Even to 20% in the Bank in 90 Days

Jul 21, 2026
5 High-Performance Habits for Painting Biz 18:37

5 High-Performance Habits for Painting Biz

Jul 14, 2026
Q2 Review + Q3 Planning for Painting Contractors | The 7 Numbers That Decide Your Next Quarter 28:26

Q2 Review + Q3 Planning for Painting Contractors | The 7 Numbers That Decide Your Next Quarter

Jul 9, 2026
From $30K Months To $100K Months In Under A Year Painter Growth Story 23:43

From $30K Months To $100K Months In Under A Year Painter Growth Story

Jun 30, 2026
Why Painting Contractors Are Busy But Broke (And How to Fix It) 30:01

Why Painting Contractors Are Busy But Broke (And How to Fix It)

Jun 25, 2026
From $680K and Broke to $1M in 5 Months | Painter Growth 23:30

From $680K and Broke to $1M in 5 Months | Painter Growth

Jun 23, 2026
How Painters Win The Ai Gold Rush (Before It’s Too Late) 48:57

How Painters Win The Ai Gold Rush (Before It’s Too Late)

Jun 18, 2026
Dream It or Doubt It: Coaching a Painter Through the Gray Zone 45:27

Dream It or Doubt It: Coaching a Painter Through the Gray Zone

Jun 16, 2026
Health, Fitness & Growing Your Painting Business 53:04

Health, Fitness & Growing Your Painting Business

Jun 9, 2026
Build With AI or Get Buried: How Painters Get Ahead 54:29

Build With AI or Get Buried: How Painters Get Ahead

Jun 5, 2026
She Never Touched a Paintbrush — Now She Runs a Company Across 5 Cities 1:04:31

She Never Touched a Paintbrush — Now She Runs a Company Across 5 Cities

Jun 3, 2026
How Painters Can Get Exclusive Leads With No Upfront Cost — ft. Hisham of Leads Pilot 36:02

How Painters Can Get Exclusive Leads With No Upfront Cost — ft. Hisham of Leads Pilot

May 29, 2026
Beating Burnout: Leadership, Hiring, and the Systems That Set You Free 44:58

Beating Burnout: Leadership, Hiring, and the Systems That Set You Free

May 18, 2026
How to Hire the Right People for Your Painting Business 35:52

How to Hire the Right People for Your Painting Business

May 8, 2026
AI Native or AI Extinct: How Painters Can Win with AI Before 2028 25:35

AI Native or AI Extinct: How Painters Can Win with AI Before 2028

May 1, 2026
Brush Busters: Filtering Fake Leads, Building Flow, and Working with Family Without Losing Your Mind 46:16

Brush Busters: Filtering Fake Leads, Building Flow, and Working with Family Without Losing Your Mind

Apr 28, 2026
Trusting Profit: Job Costing, Production Rates, and How to Stop Scope Creep 47:17

Trusting Profit: Job Costing, Production Rates, and How to Stop Scope Creep

Apr 24, 2026
The Hard Truth Every Painting Business Owner Needs to Hear 18:07

The Hard Truth Every Painting Business Owner Needs to Hear

Apr 13, 2026
From Paint Brush to Content Creator — How Christian Manhard Built a Business He Actually Wants to Live 50:23

From Paint Brush to Content Creator — How Christian Manhard Built a Business He Actually Wants to Live

Apr 7, 2026
Why Letting Go Is the Hardest Part of Growing Your Business 53:33

Why Letting Go Is the Hardest Part of Growing Your Business

Apr 3, 2026
AI for Contractors: What’s Actually Working in 2026 43:02

AI for Contractors: What’s Actually Working in 2026

Mar 31, 2026
The $5 Million Check: Why a Million-Dollar Business Owner Was Terrified to Cash It 1:04:38

The $5 Million Check: Why a Million-Dollar Business Owner Was Terrified to Cash It

Mar 27, 2026
From $0 Pipeline to $150K Weeks — Logan Platt’s Painting Business Transformation 19:09

From $0 Pipeline to $150K Weeks — Logan Platt’s Painting Business Transformation

Mar 24, 2026
How to Handle Bad Paint, Angry Clients, and Supplier Pushback 35:14

How to Handle Bad Paint, Angry Clients, and Supplier Pushback

Mar 20, 2026
How to Hire the Right Sales Rep for Your Painting Business 58:11

How to Hire the Right Sales Rep for Your Painting Business

Mar 13, 2026
Building a Field Marketing Role That Drives Growth 54:42

Building a Field Marketing Role That Drives Growth

Mar 10, 2026
Money Mindset, Bookkeeping Basics & Getting to Baseline: The Financial Blueprint Every Tradesperson Needs 43:50

Money Mindset, Bookkeeping Basics & Getting to Baseline: The Financial Blueprint Every Tradesperson Needs

Mar 6, 2026
Why your business is stuck (And how to solve it) 22:19

Why your business is stuck (And how to solve it)

Mar 3, 2026
Brush Busters: The Street Marketing Playbook for Real Growth 42:19

Brush Busters: The Street Marketing Playbook for Real Growth

Feb 27, 2026
From Panic Attack to 6 Crews in 4 Weeks: The 10-Second Rule That Saved My Business (And Life) 19:49

From Panic Attack to 6 Crews in 4 Weeks: The 10-Second Rule That Saved My Business (And Life)

Feb 24, 2026
Your Painting Business Is Growing but You’re Losing Control (Here’s Why) 41:44

Your Painting Business Is Growing but You’re Losing Control (Here’s Why)

Feb 20, 2026
Buy Back 10 Hours a Week Without Hiring Anyone 22:41

Buy Back 10 Hours a Week Without Hiring Anyone

Feb 17, 2026
5 Mistakes That Almost Killed My Painting Company (And How I Fixed Them) 26:35

5 Mistakes That Almost Killed My Painting Company (And How I Fixed Them)

Feb 10, 2026
Rules Create Freedom: Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Team Culture | Brush Busters 40:49

Rules Create Freedom: Reclaim Your Time, Focus, and Team Culture | Brush Busters

Feb 6, 2026
How To Take A Vacation (And Not Blow Up Your Business) 15:08

How To Take A Vacation (And Not Blow Up Your Business)

Feb 6, 2026
How Elon Musk Would Scale a Painting Business: The 5-Step Framework to Grow Faster Without Burning Out 15:13

How Elon Musk Would Scale a Painting Business: The 5-Step Framework to Grow Faster Without Burning Out

Feb 3, 2026
High Performers Train: Here’s Why It Matters in Business 18:50

High Performers Train: Here’s Why It Matters in Business

Jan 29, 2026
The One Unlock You Need to Scale in 2026 18:19

The One Unlock You Need to Scale in 2026

Jan 14, 2026
Mike’s Solo – Top 5 Lessons I Learned In 2025 (While Scaling Painter Growth) 19:57

Mike’s Solo – Top 5 Lessons I Learned In 2025 (While Scaling Painter Growth)

Jan 7, 2026
Stop Paying for Time, Start Paying for Outcomes: The AI Framework 15:24

Stop Paying for Time, Start Paying for Outcomes: The AI Framework

Dec 31, 2025
Mike’s Solo – How To Be Effective Over The Holidays 15:55

Mike’s Solo – How To Be Effective Over The Holidays

Dec 24, 2025
What 2025 Taught Me About Running a Business One Quarter at a Time 19:35

What 2025 Taught Me About Running a Business One Quarter at a Time

Dec 19, 2025
Wayne Scherger: From 2,800 Homes to $2M/Year | The Territory Strategy That Changed Everything 45:46

Wayne Scherger: From 2,800 Homes to $2M/Year | The Territory Strategy That Changed Everything

Dec 12, 2025
Plan NOW For A Big 2026 | How Painting Contractors Can Engineer Growth Instead of Just Hoping 16:52

Plan NOW For A Big 2026 | How Painting Contractors Can Engineer Growth Instead of Just Hoping

Dec 8, 2025
Brush Busters – Zero Leads in December? Here’s Your Survival Plan 48:30

Brush Busters – Zero Leads in December? Here’s Your Survival Plan

Dec 5, 2025
Mike’s solo – How To Swing Big In Business (And Limit Your Loss) 22:39

Mike’s solo – How To Swing Big In Business (And Limit Your Loss)

Dec 2, 2025
Intuition Accelerator Story: How Meditation & Subconscious Work Grew a Painting Business from $179K to $1M 42:03

Intuition Accelerator Story: How Meditation & Subconscious Work Grew a Painting Business from $179K to $1M

Nov 28, 2025
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