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No Lid, ep 3
Episode 3

No Lid

Amanda was hiring outside for an operations manager. The right person was already in her building, and Amanda had never asked her what she wanted. It took Dottie, an org chart, and one question to see it. That night Amanda texted Cait an apology and called it a fail on her as a leader.

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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.

We put the people who refused to quit in a chair, take the polish off, and let the truth do the work.

So the next person standing in the hard part knows somebody from right here already made it through.

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.