Host Daniel Fournier in the Built Around Here studio
Built Around Here

Real stories from the owners building the businesses around us.

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The people behind the businesses around us.

Built Around Here is the podcast for business owners building something real in their community. Contractors, salon owners, landscapers, HVAC crews, insurance agencies, main-street shops — the people whose names are on the door. Every episode: how they built it, what it cost them, what nearly broke it, where AI actually fits, and what all the work is for.

What It Took

Failure, sacrifice, and the expensive lessons.

Built for Tomorrow

AI and technology, from someone who builds it.

Beyond the Business

Family, purpose, and life outside work.

Around Here

Local favorites and who we should talk to next.

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Meet the host

Builder. Competitor. Husband. Father.

I'm Daniel Fournier — founder of Booking Butler AI at Market Leader Technologies, competitive runner, and the guy across the table. I build AI that answers the phone for local businesses, so I ask better questions about where technology actually belongs in yours. This show exists because the best business education in America is sitting inside the shops around us, and nobody's writing it down.

Daniel Fournier, host of Built Around Here
BUILD — Business, systems, money, mistakes.

BUILD

Business, systems, money, mistakes.

LEARN — AI and technology, from someone who ships it.

LEARN

AI and technology, from someone who ships it.

COMPETE — Run hard. Train smart. Compete.

COMPETE

Run hard. Train smart. Compete.

LIVE — Family, purpose, and what it's all for.

LIVE

Family, purpose, and what it's all for.

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Hey —

Is your business built around here?

If you own a business in the region — a crew, a shop, a salon, an agency — I want to hear how you built it. No pitch, no script. Just your story, told properly, and a stack of professionally cut clips you can post anywhere.

Apply to be a guest

Takes two minutes. We read every one.

One email when a new story drops.

No spam, no "content."