On today’s show, I have special guest Matt Shoup.

Matt will be diving into his Hidden Edge of finding the good and

positive in everything.

Matt is a Jesus follower, husband, father, an award-winning

serial entrepreneur, author, keynote speaker, Spain aficionado, aspiring paella

chef, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu black belt, and Spanish coffee addict.

Matt’s entrepreneurial journey began at the age of 10, when he

started a lawn mowing business to earn $200 for a boombox. It was then that

Matt discovered his passion and love of business.

Ten years later, while studying at Colorado State University,

Matt was recruited by a college painting company, where he learned even more

about sales, marketing, and business operations. Matt made lots of money in

college and then spent three times what he made.

In March of 2005, Matt was recently married, six figures in debt

and working at a job he hated as a loan officer. Matt was laid off from that

job, and from there, quickly founded M & E Painting with the last

$100 he had to his name. M & E Painting grew quickly, and has produced over

$35 million dollars in revenue since 2005. Matt and M & E Painting have

received dozens of local, state, national and international business awards.

Click here to see which ones.

Matt has been featured in publications such as INC Magazine,

Entrepreneur Magazine, BBC, Fox Small Business, Huffington Post, US News and

World Report, and EO Overdrive. Matt has spoken to companies all over the

world, in both English and Spanish, where he shares a refreshing and down to

earth message for entrepreneurs, inspiring them to Pour Into People, and Share

Their Painted Baby Stories, among other topics.

Matt wrote his first book Become

an Award Winning Company in 2011, and his second book, Painted Baby in 2023. Matt

has founded 6 successful companies and grown them all from the ground up. All

of these companies are being run by extraordinary people! These companies

are M & E Painting, M & E Roofing

Solutions, RiRy: Makers of The

Pirate Patch Drywall Repair Tool, Northern

Colorado Jiu Jitsu, M & E Real Estate