Blue Collar Builders

The trades are building.

A community of operators, technicians, and trade business owners building the future of software for the trades. Together.

The community shaping the future of home service.

The community shaping the future of home service.

The network

A private group of home service operators across plumbing, HVAC, electrical, roofing, landscaping, pest control, and every trade that shows up at the front door. Compare notes on how you run, how you hire, how you price, and what's actually working.

The events

The roadmap

The notes

A two-day build sprint

You come in with the idea you've applied with and leave with a working plugin built on the Dalton Mills platform. Day one includes education: how to scope a feature, how the platform works, how to use AI-assisted development tools. Day two is the build.

Technical mentors in the room

You come in with the idea you've applied with and leave with a working plugin built on the Dalton Mills platform. Day one includes education: how to scope a feature, how the platform works, how to use AI-assisted development tools. Day two is the build.

Real infrastructure to build on

You come in with the idea you've applied with and leave with a working plugin built on the Dalton Mills platform. Day one includes education: how to scope a feature, how the platform works, how to use AI-assisted development tools. Day two is the build.

Your build, your rules

You come in with the idea you've applied with and leave with a working plugin built on the Dalton Mills platform. Day one includes education: how to scope a feature, how the platform works, how to use AI-assisted development tools. Day two is the build.

What you get

The ground this community is built on. And the foundation we are building. Together.

The Rails

Dalton Mills handles the foundation every home service business needs. You build what makes your business different.

Technical Mentorship

Hands-on support from engineers and operators who've worked in the trades.

Operator Speed

Home service doesn't run on quarterly roadmaps. When operators need something, we build it. When

Marketplace Access

Publish your plugin to the Dalton Mills marketplace and make it available to every contractor on the platform.

$10K Marketing Support

For builders who choose to publish/launch their plugins, Dalton Mills invests directly in go-to-market with $10k worth of distribution, promotion, and marketing across platform and community channels.

A Community of Builders

You're not the only trade professional who's had an idea their vendor wouldn't touch. The cohort is full of them. You'll leave knowing people who get it.

Who is this for

Who we're looking for

We're looking for trade professionals who know their industry well enough to know exactly what's missing.

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You work in a trade

HVAC, plumbing, roofing, electrical, flooring, or adjacent

You've had the idea. Now there's somewhere to build it.

The next cohort is forming. If you've been rebuilding the same foundation every time to ship a feature, or if you've been sitting on an idea your vendor said no to, apply now. We read every application personally.

The trades are building

If you're a trade professional with an idea your vendor wouldn't touch, or a founder who's built something real and is thinking about what comes next, we want to hear from you. The right conversation at the right time changes everything.

Dalton Mills

Acquiring and scaling blue-collar tech and services businesses for the long term.

©

2026

Dalton Mills. All Rights Reserved.

Dalton.Mills

The trades are building

If you're a trade professional with an idea your vendor wouldn't touch, or a founder who's built something real and is thinking about what comes next, we want to hear from you. The right conversation at the right time changes everything.

Dalton Mills

Acquiring and scaling blue-collar tech and services businesses for the long term.

©

2026

Dalton Mills. All Rights Reserved.

Dalton.Mills

The trades are building

If you're a trade professional with an idea your vendor wouldn't touch, or a founder who's built something real and is thinking about what comes next, we want to hear from you. The right conversation at the right time changes everything.

Dalton Mills

Acquiring and scaling blue-collar tech and services businesses for the long term.

©

2026

Dalton Mills. All Rights Reserved.

Dalton.Mills

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