The $150M Franchise That Almost Went Bankrupt | Carmelo Marsala

Wealthy Way

Ryan Pineda

Business, Entrepreneurship

4.8 • 2.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 May 2025

⏱️ 63 minutes

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He built a $150M+ business by inventing a better way to paint. Carmelo Marsala, founder of Spray-Net, joins Ryan Pineda to share how he turned a student painting hustle into one of the most innovative home service franchises in North America, with patented technology, franchise locations across the U.S. and Canada, and a goal of $100M in annual system-wide sales. They dive deep into: - How Spray-Net’s patented chemistry changed the game - The rollercoaster of franchising a startu...

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0:00.0	Today I've got a franchise founder, somebody who has done over $150 million worth of sales in the home services space.
0:07.0	We actually invented it. We've got two patents on it. This is none of that. This is really a true alternative to replacement.
0:12.0	In 2016, we were actually on on Dragonsden. So that's the, I don't know if you...
0:17.0	Yeah, it's like the Shark Tank of Canada.
0:19.0	Exactly. Yeah, yeah, exactly. We actually made history on the show, so I pitched within five minutes ago, a deal from almost
0:24.2	everybody.
0:24.8	We sold out the entire country within 24 hours.
0:27.3	All of Canada.
0:28.0	All of Canada.
0:28.6	So, that's crazy.
0:30.2	I'll always remember this day.
0:31.4	My bookkeeper came up to me, and she's like, I don't know if we're going to make payroll. It's like, well, we're in the hole, like almost a million bucks. Whoa. I'm like, what?
0:40.1	I have got Carmelo Marsala.
0:42.2	What's up, man?
0:42.8	What's up, man?
0:43.2	How's going?
0:43.8	Good, good.
0:44.6	So, you know, I've had a few franchise guys here on the show.
0:48.3	You know, one of the guys was Jeff Duden, who you mutually know as well and um he does some home service stuff and um when i heard
0:56.2	about your story and what you guys are doing especially in real estate is like actually really
1:00.3	exciting to hear about so um give me some background about what the company does and then we'll
1:05.0	get into kind of how you got to this point yeah makes sense yeah well it's funny i actually was doing
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