M and E Painting: Matt Shoup

M & E Painting
Loveland, Colo.

Founded: 2004
Employees: 25
2009 revenue: $2 million
mandepainting.com

M & E Painting offers residential and commercial painting as well as wood staining and refinishing.

M & E Painting works hard to develop leadership from within. Through a combination of internal and external training as well as a job training program and a quarterly goal-setting process, it has managed to fill every single opening from inside the company. M & E also makes time for social responsibility, with employees volunteering together to paint houses for people in need.

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