For painters making $400k-$3M per year

The Mastery Program

The industry's longest-running program for painting business owners ready to build a $3M company and own their time.

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"Eric and his team along with the PBP community have changed the direction of my business. We have more than doubled our top line revenue since working with PBP. Now I have more time for my family and a stress free life."

Brian Struble
Shaver Painting & Decorating
OVERVIEW
WHO IT'S FOR
HOW IT WORKS
WHAT YOU GET
FAQS
about the mastery program

PBP Mastery™ is built for established painting contractors doing $400k to $3M a year who are ready to stop running the business and start owning it. Over a series of structured Growth Cycles, you'll build the team that handles the day-to-day, hold a 20% margin, and grow past $3M, so you can earn $600k or more in profit working part-time, without giving up the life you're building it for.

who the program is for

Is Mastery right for you?

Most established painting contractors haven't actually built a business—they've built a high-paying, high-stress job. The day-to-day operations still rely entirely on you making every single decision, keeping you trapped as the bottleneck.

This elite program is designed specifically for you if:

  • You're doing $400k to $3M a year and you know you're capable of a lot more.
  • The business isn't growing fast, isn't profitable enough, or has problems you can't seem to crack. Maybe all three.
  • You're working your tail off, you feel stuck, and the freedom you got into this for still isn't there.
  • You're coachable, and you'll do what the plan says.
  • You've got big goals and you're committed to building something that lasts.
How it works

The Mastery Program framework

Mastery treats your whole business as a system you can hand off, not a job you're trapped inside. We find what's capping your growth, what's eating your margin, and what still runs through you, then we fix it in order.

Step 1: Build your Master Business Plan and Roadmap

In your first two weeks, we build your Master Business Plan with you: marketing, sales, production, job costing, and financials, all in one place you update every week. Then we map your Roadmap and pinpoint your Next One Thing, the single highest-leverage move to make right now.

Step 2: Run one Growth Cycle at a time

From there, you grow by solving one problem at a time. Every Growth Cycle comes with a goal, an action plan, a playbook, and the training to run it. You're only a few cycles from a work/life balance you'd barely recognize.

Consistent marketing

Build an aggressive, omnipresent local marketing engine that takes over organic search, local networks, and paid channels. This ensures a consistent, predictable flow of high-quality estimates into your calendar.

Find, hire, and retain strong teams

Completely remove yourself from the estimating seat. Learn how to find, hire, and manage top-tier estimators who close high-end contracts using our proven, multi-million dollar sales processes.

Bigger margins

Move far past basic job costing. Implement a simple weekly financial dashboard to track every dollar, clean up overhead, stay fully-staffed, and secure a rock-solid 20% profit margin… so you can take home $600k+ working part-time.

Real freedom

Build a trusted leadership team—including office managers and project managers—to run your daily production. Step away from daily operations entirely, knowing your company can scale month-over-month without you.

what you get

Everything you need to build a $3M company

Imagine being flown out and coached by Eric Barstow in a one-on-one setting. With Painting Business Pro, that's what you get—with advanced, expert-level recorded trainings and playbooks available 24/7.

Advanced training library

Advanced playbooks and training videos for every system in the business, available 24/7 (the same ones we run across our $60M portfolio of painting companies).

The Master Business Plan & Roadmap

Track every number in one place and always know your Next One Thing, the highest-leverage move to make next.

1-on-1 Strategic Coaching

Two to four strategic coaching calls a year with Varun—a deep dive into your business to build your custom game plan, map out your Growth Cycles, and review every number and detail in the business.

Mastermind Support

Live coaching with Eric and the leadership team that runs the National Painting Group portfolio. Drop in whenever you want 1-on-1 help on any part of your business.

PBP Growth Cycles

Solve one problem at a time. Every cycle comes with a goal, an action plan, a playbook, and the training to run it.

A high-performer community

Owning a business can feel isolating. We've built an incredible community ensuring you're always in a room full of like-minded peers for real-time feedback, strategy, and solidarity.

In-person events

Get in the room with us and operators ahead of you. At this level, you need professional development. A few days in person lets you leave feeling inspired, with a plan and the fire to run it.

You do not need to invest any other money into your business to see these results. Our immediate tactical focus is making sure you have enough extra money in your bank account to completely cover the program for an entire year.

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Timelines and expectations

phase 1

Build the foundation

The Goal: a business that runs like a business.

The moment you join, we map out your strategy for the year and track every metric using our simple Master Business Plan. We immediately isolate your Next One Thing, the single highest-leverage shift needed to plug financial leaks, free up your cash flow, and clear your chaotic schedule for scale.

phase 2

Scale the team

The Goal: Find, hire, and train managers to run your daily operations.

Once your immediate cash flow is stabilized, we kick off your first 90-Day Sprint™. You will be placed into dedicated accountability groups and handed a clear, straightforward checklist that tells you exactly what to do week by week.

phase 3

True freedom

The goal: step back from the day-to-day.

When your team is running the day-to-day flawlessly, you finally step into the role of a true business owner. You'll manage the company by looking at a scoreboard, pocketing cash flow while working part-time. From there, we shift our focus to long-term wealth creation. And because our ultimate goal is to partner with or buy into the best companies that graduate from our program, you'll have a direct line to build a massive future partnership with our portfolio.

your coaches

Built by people who’ve been there.

Most business coaches teach from a textbook and have never run a painting company. We have. Eric Barstow still runs the companies behind every playbook, alongside the team that coaches you.

We're in the arena with you. After a year working together, we partner with or acquire select members. Your coach today could be your business partner tomorrow.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Is Painting Business Pro legit?
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Yes. Since 2013, we've coached over 3,000 contractors. Unlike traditional business coaches who teach abstract theory, our operational blueprints come directly from our own active parent portfolio, National Painting Group, which generates over $60M+ in revenue annually. We don't just coach seven-figure scaling; we live it every day.

Is Mastery worth the financial investment?
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Mastery is an investment in building an asset, not an ongoing business expense. Month one is built to completely pay for the program with a single, high-leverage operational win. From there, the target is helping you unlock $600k or more in annual profit. When you look at the compound growth of your margins and equity, the math isn't close.

I’m already buried running the business. When would I find the time?
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If you are working 50+ hours a week, it's a symptom of a systems problem, not a time problem. We tackle this immediately by putting you through our proprietary Master Your Time™ framework in the first 30 days. Because your time is the real constraint to scaling, we focus on high-leverage delegation and scheduling fixes first. Most members are shocked by how much lighter month one already feels.

How is Mastery different from the Accelerator program?
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Accelerator is designed to get you to a highly profitable baseline and completely off the brush. Mastery is the next tier of business evolution. It is built for established owners who are ready to build a bulletproof management team, protect high net margins, and scale past $3M so the company can structurally run without you.

How does Mastery handle hiring and recruiting quality managers or sales reps?
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Finding reliable people is the biggest bottleneck to hitting $1M or $3M. Mastery hands you our exact, proprietary recruitment playbooks. You get our real-world hiring ad templates, interview scripts, onboarding schedules, and compensation structures for Production Managers, Sales Reps, and Project Managers—allowing you to build an autonomous team you can actually trust.

What happens when my business hits the $3M milestone?
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Once you cross $3M, you have built a true enterprise that no longer relies on your daily labor to thrive. For elite members who reach this level and want to explore a corporate transition, that is exactly when a formal partnership or an institutional exit with National Painting Group network can be put on the table.

Do you have a payment plan for the Mastery tier?
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Yes. Pay in full or start for less and spread the rest monthly. We’ll walk through it on your call.

Mastery Program Results

Case studies from Mastery Program members

Colton Steed

From Launch to $127k Months in Under 120 Days
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Ryan + Danie

Grew to $2M at $500K in profit and over $1M in referral business

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Emmanuel Mora

He took over the family business and built it past $1M in his early 20s

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