Above target on every headline metric. Losing $170K–$215K of retained revenue each month to three trends.
April 2026 | Ridgeline Home Improvement
Situation
Annualized pace $25.45M. Surplus $3.45M above the $22M anchor. CPL, CPID, CPS-adj, and Mktg % Rev all within or improving toward implied targets. Eleven of thirteen KPIs trending favorable on 90 days. The headline read is favorable.
Complication
Retained revenue is diverging from booked. Three trends erode it at $170K–$215K/month: deck ticket compression ($107K/mo, accelerating from −$600 to −$1,100 month-over-month since January), pre-contract dropout ceiling breached at 4.2% ($60–$75K/mo in retained revenue divergence), and rep-level variance ($2.82M annualized recoverable gap between bottom and benchmark reps). At the midpoint deterioration rate, the $3.45M surplus is consumed in 18 months. At the compound rate, 5 months.
Resolution
Three actions arrest all three trends within this period. Deck proposal packaging review recovers $1,700 of compression in 60 days, returning +$53K/month of retained revenue. A root-cause pass on pre-contract dropout reads the 30-day backlog by reason code before any fix is applied. Taylor and Turner enter coaching with a hard review on June 2 against a three-outcome framework. Each action is owned, dated, and listed on the following page.
Decisions required this period
Decision
Authorization
By
D1
Personnel framework
Three-outcome framework. Sales Mgr executes without re-approval.
Page two is the diagnosis.Page three is this week's work.
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Operating Intelligence Memo · Immediate Actions
Immediate actions | This week
April 2026 | Ridgeline Home Improvement
Six actions, each with an owner and a date. Photographable as one image. Every action sequenced to arrest one of the three deteriorating trends or to set up the channel reallocation that closes the lead gap.
By
Action
Owner
Thu May 8
Execute Houzz 30% cut, reallocate to LSA / Non-Brand
Mktg Dir
Fri May 9
Dropout root-cause pass. Tag 30-day backlog by reason code
Sales + Mktg
Fri May 9
Approve three-outcome personnel framework
CEO
Mon May 12
Authorize deck proposal packaging changes
CEO
Mon May 12
Begin Taylor / Turner coaching, Week 1 leading indicators
Sales Mgr
Mid-May
Approve Pinterest pilot budget ($9K / 90 days)
CEO
Six actions, three trends arrested, one channel play activated. Every action has an owner and a date before it begins. The week's work is on this page.
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Six actions resolve the trends named on page two.Page four shows what the headline numbers do not.
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State of the Business
Eleven of thirteen KPIs are improving, but three are deteriorating in ways the headline numbers do not show.
April 2026 | Key metrics and prior period action closure
$25.45M
Annualized pace +$1.35M vs March
+$3.45M
Surplus vs $22M anchor +$0.2M vs March
18 mo
Surplus runway at midpoint bleed rate
80%
Prior period action closure (4 of 5)
Key metrics | April vs March
Metric
April
March
$22M Implied
Status
Leads / Month
750
700
857
Watch
Issued Demos / Month
140
124
160
Watch
Set Rate
22.4%
21.2%
22.4%+
Watch
Close Rate
21.2%
30.7%
31.2%+
Watch
Cancel Rate
6.1%
6.5%
Under 8%
Strong
Pre-Contract Dropout
4.2%
2.9%
Under 4%
Breached
CPID
$1,127
$1,284
Under $967
Watch
CPL Blended
$214
$221
$181 implied
Watch
Mktg % Revenue
9.2%
10.1%
8–12%
On Target
Status taxonomy: Strong (better than target). On Target (at target). Watch (trending or at threshold, one weak period from breach). Breached (over the ceiling).
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Three metrics are deteriorating.Page five sizes the first one.
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Three Deteriorating Trends · 01 of 02
Deck ticket compression is accelerating and will cost $1.29M annualized if the structural cause is not addressed.
Trend 01 of 02 | $107K/month | Action: Sales Mgr by May 9
Average deck ticket fell from $33.8K in January to $30.4K in May. The acceleration pattern (−$600, −$700, −$1,000, −$1,100) confirms structural cause, not seasonal.
Recovery math
The recovery path continues in the full brief. What is reclaimable, in what timeframe, at what packaging cost.
Available below.
Decks carry 52% of mix at ~31 contracts/month. Every $1,000 of compression = $31,000/month. $3,400 of compression = $107,114/month, $1,285,336 annualized. May figure is month-to-date through May 8 (hollow marker on chart); directional, not final.
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Pages 6 Through 11
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Behind the Gate · Six Pages
Each page sized in retained revenue. Each action owned and dated.
06
Pre-contract dropout and rep variance. The 4.2% ceiling breach. The $2.82M annualized recoverable from two bottom-quartile reps. The three-outcome framework with a June 2 hard review point.
07
Forward projection. Four 90-day scenarios with confidence intervals, from 24 months of runway if the period's actions execute to 5 months if the three trends compound.
08
Channel plays. Three plays that close the 107-lead/month gap by August 1 at a net incremental cost of $5K/month, including the dependency that gates the Pinterest pilot.
09
Rolling KPI scorecard. Thirteen metrics, three months of trend, two priority rows visually ranked against the eleven others.
10
Risk register. Three compound-scenario risks. Each carries a named trigger, a likelihood, an impact range, and a mitigation owned by a specific role.
11
Leading indicators. Six things to watch in May, with thresholds and dates, before June 1 confirms the outcome.
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