Many entrepreneurs hope to grow a business that will one day run without them. This was the theme of Michael Gerber’s classic book the E-Myth. Too often, business owners get trapped working inside the business on all of the technical details rather than working on the outside of the business. As Gerber famously said, “Technicians suffering from an entrepreneurial seizure”.
This week I welcome Matt Shoup to the podcast. Matt is a serial entrepreneur who founded 6 successful companies and grew them all from the ground up.
In March of 2005, Matt was laid off from a corporate banking job that he absolutely hated. He quickly founded M & E Painting with the last $100 he had to his name, all while being close to $200,000 in personal debt.
M & E Painting grew quickly and has produced over $30 million dollars in revenue since 2005.
Matt and M & E Painting have received dozens of local, state, national, and international business awards. His company was named one of the United States Top Small Workplaces by Inc Magazine and Winning Workplaces in 2011, one of Colorado’s Top 250 Private Companies by Colorado Biz Magazine in 2010, & made the INC 5000 List (#1724) of Fastest Growing Companies in the United States back in 2010.
Matt has a wealth of resources on this website including some fantastic articles on marketing and leadership; you can find them at https://www.mattshoup.com.
