Live from Chilliwack on the final On-Site Podcast episode of the day, the host talks with returning guest Toby (Tobias), founder of Handshake.app, about how fast AI changes and Handshake’s new beta product. Toby explains the vision for “Julia,” an AI front-desk agent that can respond immediately across phone, SMS, text, email, and other channels, and can route tasks across multiple LLMs (ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Groq) to choose the best and most cost-effective model, including “LLM hopping” workflows. They discuss how Julia could handle event updates or business disruptions with minimal setup, and the importance of tech being easy for small businesses. The conversation also covers the weekend’s seminar, fishing, and shooting activities, takeaways from engaged small-business attendees, and plans for future events, including one in Ontario; Toby directs listeners to beta.handshake.app.

Chapters

• 00:00 Live in Chilliwack
• 00:35 Toby and Handshake Intro
• 01:55 Names and Nicknames
• 04:31 Handshake Beta Update
• 05:06 One Contact for All LLMs
• 07:21 DIY Design Cost Rant
• 10:22 Using Julia for Events
• 10:44 Ridiculously Easy Setup
• 12:35 Business Owner Scenarios
• 13:35 Robots and Smart Tools
• 14:25 Time Saving Tech Shock
• 14:39 Tesla FSD To Robots
• 15:18 AI Skeptic To Fan
• 15:51 Weekend Event Recap
• 16:16 Fishing Surprise Highlight
• 16:50 Presentation Prep Stories
• 17:46 Friday Seminar Takeaways
• 21:16 Why Chilliwack Anchor
• 22:30 Designing Future Events
• 25:24 Handshake Beta Plug
• 25:57 Addicted To The Build
• 26:16 Podcast Wrap And Next Ep

Connect with Tobiasz Dankiewicz:

Website - https://www.beta.handshake.app/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/handshake.pro/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

In a live On Site Podcast episode in Chilliwack, the host recaps a weekend event for contractors that included a Friday business seminar, sturgeon fishing, a shooting range trip, and group networking, then interviews returning guest Tom Dunne, an electrical contractor from Owen Sound, Ontario and Elite Builder Society member coached one-on-one for over two years. They discuss the value of meeting the community in person after Zoom relationships, Tom’s approach of taking action quickly and asking frequent questions, and the importance of giving clients a memorable experience. Tom shares takeaways on systems and knowing numbers, the comfort of learning other contractors also struggle, and details from his boat group catching a 6-foot, 120-pound sturgeon. He describes his three-year-old business with three crews doing residential, commercial, and high-voltage pole line maintenance, a truck engine seizure before travel, and how an administrator helps operations run while he and Kayla travel to Vegas.

Chapters

• 00:00 Live in Chilliwack
• 00:46 Meet Tom Dunne
• 01:32 Meeting in Person
• 02:51 Take Action Mindset
• 06:47 Seminar Takeaways
• 07:49 Sturgeon Boat Stories
• 10:29 Range Day in Langley
• 11:54 Yellow Deli and BC Driving
• 12:35 Running an Electrical Crew
• 13:12 Truck Breakdown Chaos
• 13:51 Rolling With Setbacks
• 14:23 Weekend Range Stories
• 16:04 Travel Plans and Systems Test
• 17:04 Hiring Admin to Reduce Stress
• 19:23 Ask Better Questions
• 21:27 Weekend Highlights and Wrap
  

Connect with Tom Dunne:
Website - https://dunnepower.com/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/dunne.power.inc/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

On the Onsite Podcast in Chilliwack, the host interviews local builder Bruce Hoch of Northwest Prestige Building & Contracting Ltd. ahead of a day that includes a shooting range visit and a members-only dinner at the Coast Hotel to build community. Bruce shares his move to Chilliwack 10 years ago from Gun Lake, BC, details his blended family with partner Katrina Springer and four kids, and outlines his 23-year carpentry background, including a stint in underground gold mining near Bralorne. They discuss business challenges like limited local work, the need to scale by stopping “doing all the things” and managing trades, and prioritizing time at home. Bruce describes joining after seeing a Facebook video ad, reflects on ADHD, audiobooks, sobriety, and the value of networking, and provides where to find his company online.

Chapters

• 00:00 Welcome and Today’s Plan
• 00:38 Meet Bruce and Family Life
• 02:38 Construction Roots and Career Path
• 03:08 Gold Mining Underground Stories
• 06:43 From Mine Shutdown to Chilliwack Move
• 08:14 Why Chilliwack and Coming Back
• 09:52 How Bruce Found the Community
• 11:12 Business Challenges and Scaling Up
• 11:46 Residential Work and Wearing Every Hat
• 12:51 Mindset Shift to Managing Teams
• 14:47 Time Over DIY
• 15:59 Trade Superpowers
• 18:19 The 40 Club Shift
• 20:00 Atomic Habits Takeaways
• 21:15 ADHD Growth and Sobriety
• 24:18 Faith Swearing and Drinking
• 25:46 Coaching Through Questions
• 29:10 Networking Like Minded People
• 30:36 Future Community Trips
• 32:35 Wrap Up and Where to Connect

Connect with Bruce Hoch:
Website - https://nwpbuilds.ca/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/northwestprestige/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

The Onsite Podcast host interviews sturgeon guide Rod Toth after a full day of sturgeon fishing in Chilliwack, BC, where 16 people fished across four boats for eight hours, catching three fish on the host’s boat while Rod’s team landed both the largest and smallest fish. Rod, a guide for 24 years and former welder for 14, explains how he started guiding after being noticed by another guide, and outlines his offerings: sturgeon (mid-March through December), plus salmon, steelhead, and bass, with fall (Sept–Nov) popular for combining half-day sturgeon and half-day salmon due to salmon runs increasing sturgeon activity. He shares future plans to reduce sturgeon guiding due to physical demands, mentions volunteering for steelhead hatchery capture, and promotes booking via bentrods.ca and Instagram (Bent Rods Guiding and Tackle Co.).

Chapters

• 00:00 Welcome And Big Catch
• 01:11 Meet Rod The Guide
• 01:36 From Welding To Guiding
• 01:58 Starting The Business
• 03:07 Why September Rules
• 04:01 Dinosaurs Up Close
• 05:24 Seasons And Species
• 07:34 How To Book A Trip
• 08:32 Who Was On Rods Boat
• 09:55 Landing The Giant Fish
• 10:23 Young Contractor Hooks Up
• 10:42 Landing the Seven Footer
• 11:16 Team Smiles and Bucket Lists
• 12:00 Chilliwack and BC Outdoors
• 12:26 Family Life and Work
• 13:14 Steelhead Hatchery Volunteering
• 14:12 Passing the Torch
• 17:41 Succession and Teaching Kids
• 19:16 Book Your Next Trip
• 20:16 Derby for Bighorn Sheep
• 21:15 Anyone Can Catch Sturgeon
• 22:05 Where to Find Bent Rods
• 22:21 Podcast Wrap Up

Connect with Rod Toth:
Website - https://bentrods.ca/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/bentrodsguidingandtackle

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

In this live Onsite Podcast episode recorded in Chilliwack after the Contractor Growth Seminar, the host interviews Kari from Stampede Sales, a Calgary-based local marketing agency that helps service businesses across the US and Canada acquire customers through hyper-local Instagram ads. Kari explains why he focuses on Instagram as a “blue ocean” attention platform, how landmark-based visuals build familiarity and trust, and how paid ads can target ideal clients more precisely than organic content alone. He discusses using Instagram to capture attention and YouTube to build trust, shares his origin story running ads for his mother’s daycare and shifting from a costly podcast studio to ads, and outlines a messaging process that “peels the onion” to find real pain points and build an offer sheet. They also praise the event’s culture, networking value, and panel discussion.

Chapters

• 00:00 Podcast Kickoff
• 00:58 Resetting the Setup
• 01:40 MeetKari and Topic
• 02:17 Why Instagram Ads
• 04:50 Attention and Platform Risk
• 06:30 Instagram vs YouTube Trust
• 07:45 Kari Origin Story ROI
• 08:59 Organic vs Paid Messaging
• 11:58 Camera Reps Challenge
• 14:50 Landmarks and Local Trust
• 17:33 Yellow Deli Breakdown
• 18:33 Local Ads On Location
• 19:52 Event Takeaways
• 20:19 Money In The Room
• 23:04 Messaging Is The Gap
• 24:24 Onion Layer Pain Points
• 25:28 Offer Sheet Framework
• 28:08 Saturation Is Attention
• 30:49 Closing And Call To Action

Connect with Kari Mansur:
Website - https://stampedesales.ca/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/calgaryadsguy/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

Recorded live at the Contractor Growth Seminar in Chilliwack, the hosts recap the event with speaker and Elite Builders Society coach Brady Morse, discussing travel fatigue, improvising through logistical issues, and the value of in-person connection for contractors. Brady explains his presentation goal: emphasizing systems and processes while encouraging contractors not to pursue growth alone and to leverage experienced coaches. They share how Brady and his wife, both entrepreneurs, turned the trip into an experience (whitewater rafting, restaurants, early nights, upcoming fishing) after quitting their jobs to build businesses and travel freely. The conversation highlights modeling fearless, action-oriented entrepreneurship for kids amid AI-driven job changes, the limits of AI as a “coach,” lessons from Keaton’s event failure, and plans to grow future seminars, podcasts, and new Elite Builders Society training tools and platforms.

Chapters

• 00:00 Seminar Kickoff
• 00:33 Event Takeaways
• 01:13 Making It Work
• 02:19 Brady’s Talk Goals
• 03:05 Chilliwack Adventures
• 04:16 Quitting to Travel
• 05:47 Entrepreneur Marriage
• 07:26 Kids and New Paths
• 08:05 Dream Big Lessons
• 10:56 AI and Coaching Future
• 12:20 Event Costs And Scale
• 12:49 Business Tuition Lessons
• 13:58 Speaking From Experience
• 15:03 Coaching That Lacks Real Scars
• 16:18 Betting On Yourself
• 17:12 Next Tour Growth Plan
• 18:40 Hiring Coaches For Support
• 20:47 Build Tools And Community
• 22:32 Only Work With Doers
• 23:32 Fit Matters Closing

Connect with Brady Morris:

Website - https://ebsworks.com/

Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/morrsolutions_consulting/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

In the first live in-person On-Site podcast episode, recorded after the Elite Builder Society’s first contractor growth seminar in Chilliwack, the host interviews Josh, a CPA/CEPA educator, about key takeaways for contractors. Josh says many owners excel at their trade but lack business skills, and the seminar offered concentrated guidance across marketing, operations, and finance. He explains his talk’s focus on money mindset, tying personal lifestyle goals to business targets through reverse-engineering required revenue and margins, and simple financial systems like separating bank accounts for operations, profit, and taxes (inspired by Profit First). They discuss knowing core numbers such as gross margin, overhead, and daily burn rate, managing schedules to avoid unprofitable gaps, and improving cash flow by shortening the cash conversion cycle through faster invoicing, quicker collection, and not paying vendors early without benefit. The episode ends with praise for the seminar’s panel Q&A and networking and promotion of upcoming Canadian events and the $49/month community.

Chapters

• 00:00 Live Podcast Kickoff
• 00:41 Seminar Takeaways
• 01:40 Numbers First Operator
• 03:25 Money Mindset Matters
• 04:23 Reverse Engineer Goals
• 06:56 Visibility Beats Skill
• 08:34 Road Trip And Family
• 09:14 Drive Thru Systems Lesson
• 12:06 Profit First Basics
• 13:23 Know Your Key Numbers
• 13:59 Overhead And Burn Rate
• 15:43 Rising Costs Ahead
• 16:00 Hidden Burn Costs
• 17:11 Daily Burn Metric
• 18:11 Schedule Slip Profit
• 18:48 Fill Schedule Gaps
• 22:02 Cash Flow Basics
• 22:29 Cash Conversion Cycle
• 24:46 Seminar Takeaways
• 26:50 Networking Beats Shame
• 29:25 Community Invite Wrap

Connect with Joshua Leyenhorst:
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/josh.the.cpa/
Website - https://www.basepoint.ca/

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/

On episode 60 of the On Site Podcast, the host interviews Joel from Joe’s Carpentry, a multi-generation Ontario construction business and client of Brady, a coach in the Elite Builder Society (EBS). Joel explains the company was founded by his grandfather Joe in 1975 and has grown into three related businesses: Joe’s Carpentry (renovations), Van Lagen Homes, and a cabinetry company, now owned by Joel’s dad and uncle. They discuss the pressures and pride of sustaining a family legacy through economic downturns, including near-bankruptcy during early subdivision attempts, and the importance of celebrating wins, like winning Norwich Township’s large business of the year. Joel shares their marketing approach (Meta, Google Ads, and strategic partnerships) and service area around Norwich, Ontario. The host proposes a part two featuring Joel, Brady, and possibly Joel’s dad and grandfather to discuss their evolved, data-driven sales process.

Chapters

• 00:00 Podcast Welcome
• 00:37 Meet Joel
• 01:06 Family Legacy Story
• 01:54 Mic Tapping Fix
• 02:37 How Dad Grew Business
• 03:58 Fourth Generation Talk
• 05:07 Surviving Downturns
• 08:07 Marketing Strategy Breakdown
• 10:07 Where They Operate
• 12:39 50 Years Celebration
• 14:09 Near Bankruptcy Comeback
• 14:34 Three Generations Podcast Idea
• 16:13 Family Business Boundaries
• 17:46 Legacy Pride Pressure
• 19:36 Seven Siblings Breakdown
• 21:32 Getting Fired Growing Up
• 23:33 Military Precast Lessons
• 24:20 Systems Data Driven Change
• 25:58 Post Covid Plateau Numbers
• 27:31 Celebrate Wins Together
• 29:46 Planning Part Two Guests
• 32:09 Wrap Up Seminar Plug

Connect with Joel Van Lagen:
Website - https://joescarpentry.ca/
Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/joescarpentry

Connect with Brandon Fuchs
Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_contractorcoach

Join the Elite Builder Society
Website: https://ebsworks.com/