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.

This is the episode where you sent the questions, and she answered every one. The five last names, and why she and her brother finally chose their own. Why therapy doesn't make you feel better right away, from both sides of the table. The mornings she doesn't have it, and what she does instead of pretending.

Then the business questions nobody likes asking out loud, answered by someone who went from $2 million to $20 million with no playbook, then $20 million to $50 million with one. When do you finally get off the truck? (Her answer: not before $2 million, usually somewhere between 3 and 5.) Why does the P&L look fine when the bank account doesn't? How do you keep a good tech from walking for three bucks more down the road?

And why, for the first time in a long time, she's done living in fight or flight.

ABOUT AMANDA
Amanda August is the founder of Grasshopper Heating, Cooling, Plumbing & Electrical and the Founder and Senior Leader of Grasshopper Group, a women-owned home service movement. She grew Grasshopper from $2 million to $20 million with no playbook. Then she wrote one, The Forward Way, and used it to take Grasshopper Group from $20 million to $50 million in two years. She's a cofounder of CxC.ai and an active investor in short-term rental properties.

Hosted by Amanda August. Co-hosted by Jeff Miller. A Grasshopper Original.
Forward is a way of life.®
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