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Kitchen Table, ep 4
Episode 4

Kitchen Table

Amanda's real dad gave up his rights when she was little. Years later, she found out how he'd remembered her all that time: a Banksy print of a girl letting go of a red balloon. It's tattooed on her now.

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Open the episode
Forward is a way of life.Two chairs. Two mics. A room where nobody gets to hide.Beautiful things, built from adversity.Two mics means one of them is for you.Built Here. For the ones still building.A reminder, from people in your own region, that forward is always the answer.

Where business gets personal.

The real and raw of the life behind the company, and the truth about what it takes to grow it and lead it. Nobody builds one without paying for it in the other. These are the people who kept going anyway.

Forward is a way of life.™

Built Here with Amanda August

One of the mics is for someone you know.

Tell us who

Not nominating anyone? Ask her something instead. She answers them on the show.

Host

Amanda August

Amanda chose her own name. August was her grandfather Henry's, and she and her brother took it to rewrite their story on their own terms.

Co-host, in the other chair

Jeff Miller

Jeff had the safe version of a career. The corporate title, the paycheck that showed up the same day every month, the path somebody else drew for him.

The Room
What Amanda is building

Off the mic, in their own words.

Clifton Park, NY

Grasshopper Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical

Community-focused. Independently owned.

Nine locations, eight states and DC

Grasshopper Group

Nine personalities. One vision. The first women-led home service company of its kind.

Every location keeps its own name, its own character and its own crew.

Got a question for Amanda?

Ask it here. She answers them on the show. No question is too small, and the ones people are embarrassed to ask are usually the ones everybody needs.