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The GHC Value Scan · Sample Output

Five pages decide the next ninety days.

Every Value Scan lands the same way: the levers counted once each, the bridge with owners and dates, the sequence mapped by value and effort, and the two views of the ledger that make the leaks undeniable. Below is the shape of it, with made-up numbers for a fictional $18M services company.

WHERE WE WOULD FOCUS
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Four levers, counted once each

Pricing sets the quote. Crew comp beats the quote. Planning fills the troughs. Cash is its own lever. No dollar appears twice.

1
Dynamic volume-based pricingSliding margin targets by job size, floors at quote, second look above $100K
$0.5–0.9MEBITDA
2
Crew incentive redesignMonthly bonus tied to the scorecard metrics the shop already runs
$0.1–0.3MEBITDA
3
Revenue planningTargeted pull-forward pricing into the demand troughs
$0.1–0.4MEBITDA
4
Collections & cashCollections incentive first; the early-pay discount as a scalpel
~$0.9MONE-TIME CASH

Identified EBITDA range $0.7–1.6M. Confidence-weighted, call it $0.7M against a $1.5M baseline, a 45%+ lift. The cash lever sits outside that math.

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THE BRIDGE
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One waterfall, owners and dates attached

Each lever modeled to a pro-forma with an owner and a date. Bars are the confidence-weighted case.

Today $1.5M EBITDA +$0.7M Pricing +$0.2M · Crew comp +$0.3M · Revenue planning $2.7M Pro-forma EBITDA 1.8x today Plus ~$0.9M of one-time cash from the collections lever, outside the EBITDA bridge.
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THE SEQUENCE
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Value versus effort, so order is obvious

The same four levers, mapped so the sequence is obvious before the work begins.

DO FIRSTPLAN CAREFULLY QUICK WINSLATER, IF EVER Effort → Value → Pricing Revenue planning Crew comp Collections & cash Sequence: top-left first. Pricing funds everything below it.
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PRICING · THE CUSTOMER VIEW
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Top 20 customers: who pays for the shop, who rides along

Margin by account, dot size by revenue. Brass grew this year; grey shrank. Built from your ledger.

35% margin floor MeridianCardinalBluewaterKeystoneRidgelineSummit Co.IronwoodLakeshoreGraniteFoxgloveHarborRedwoodCopperlineNorthstarWilcoxTrellisBeaconQuarrySelwynMarsh Revenue ($M) → Gross margin % →
Built from your ledger · unlocked in the engagement

The read this page always produces: a handful of accounts prove the price is attainable, a cluster rides below the floor, and the gap between them is a number with a name on every row.

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MARGIN DISTRIBUTION
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Every tier averages fine. The tails are the mess.

Margin distribution by job size. Medians clear the floor in every tier; the leak is the left tail, not the average.

35% floor Under $10K 312 jobs · $1.1M $10–50K 81 jobs · $2.2M $50–100K 64 jobs · $5.3M $100K+ 24 jobs · $6.8M Red mass left of the floor is the leak. Tail-control tools fit the shape: the floor, the second look, change-order discipline.
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The full deliverable models each lever to the dollar and returns as a pro-forma the bank and the board can read. Fixed fee scaled to company size, from $15K, credited in full against any engagement. We target a minimum 10x return on engaging us.

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