The Dalton Mills
Videos

June 30, 2026

Todd Saunders, co-founder of Dalton Mills, meets Justin Donate, CEO of True North Restoration, to discuss how Justin went from carpet cleaning to owning 25 restoration locations and franchises and planning to expand to over 80 within the next year.

June 26, 2026

Today’s episode of Blue Collar Builders welcomes Todd Saunders, co-founder of Dalton Mills, and Quinten O’Dea, founder of Q&A Landscaping, in a discussion about business management and AI automation. Quinten goes through it all: how he managed to integrate AI into his business’s workflow, why his current CRM software doesn’t live up to his expectations, and where he plans to take his AI collaboration.

June 24, 2026

In today’s episode, Todd Saunders, co-founder of Dalton Mills, sits down with Tim Leary, the founder of Handy’s, to discuss the inception of his business, the challenges he faced along the way, and how AI is now solving some of them. From using AI for on-site estimates, to building a fully AI board of advisors, Tim explains how AI changed the way he runs his business and details the areas where it still falls short.

June 16, 2026

Today’s Blue Collar Builders’ episode talks about Josh Waldrep, the master plumber who ended up using AI to run his business, without any prior coding or software engineering experience. Josh shares his secrets with Todd Saunders, co-founder of Dalton Mills, an AI-powered platform that allows blue-collar contractors to build custom AI software designed specifically for their businesses.

June 11, 2026

Today’s episode of Blue Collar Builders shines the spotlight on Paulo Montenegro, an ex-marine who created his own fencing company, Hawk Fences, and developed FenceWorks, the custom AI tool that took his business to the next level. Todd Saunders, co-founder of Dalton Mills, sits down with Paulo to discuss how he managed to take his company from a 3-person business to a multi-crew corporation securing government contracts worth hundreds of thousands of dollars.

June 9, 2026

Zac O’Hara, COO of North Shore Masonry, sits down with Dalton Mills’s co-founder, Todd Saunders, in today’s episode of Blue Collar Builders. The topic of discussion – How he went from a masonry expert with a blue-collar family background and no coding experience to an AI software developer in just 2-3 days. Today, Zac is running an AI-driven masonry business, with custom-made AI software that’s already improved it in so many areas.

May 29, 2026

Luke Alvarez, founder of Black Hills Bronco Adventures, joined today’s episode of Blue Collar Builders to discuss with Dalton Mills’ founder, Todd Saunders, about his journey as a tour guide and the challenges experienced along the way. Among them is his story of how he built a search-and-rescue app with no prior coding experience. It was just him, a problem that required fixing, and AI as the main operating tool.

May 28, 2026

Today’s episode of Blue Collar Builders discusses the story of Scott Lans, an ex-cinematographer who decided to start a land-clearing business, build a website, and create software apps that made his job easier; all while having no coding experience. How did he do it, what are his achievements, and what are his goals moving forward? Dalton Mills founder, Tood Saunders, shines the spotlight on Scott to get the answers.

May 26, 2026

In this episode of Blue Collar Builders, Dalton Mills founder Todd Saunders talks with mechanical engineer in industrial piping Corey LaChance about how he used AI tools to build a fully functional takeoff and estimating platform for his trade, entirely from scratch and entirely on his own.