As you grow and scale, you have to have programs to help you automate systems. “I can’t manage 8 teams like I did 2 teams. “If you’re the guy or gal doing everything, you’re doing everything,” explains Nick May, founder of Walls By Design of Denver, Colorado, and The Business Brush podcast. But the reality of owning your own business requires mastering the fine art of running a business as well-tasks that can mean piles of paperwork that often have to be tackled after hours. As a painting contractor, you likely got into this business because of a passion for painting, not because you particularly love doing bookkeeping, filling out forms or calculating estimates.