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Good morning, Shane.

Thursday · April 23, 2026
"The standard you walk past is the standard you accept." — David Morrison
Hype

Today's the day.

Wednesday closed with $147,778 in revenue and 2,699 orders — a solid mid-week pull. Pleasure Point is clean 2-3ft+ with light offshore tendencies and the tide draining to a minus-low at 10:39am — paddle out before the 9am block if you can steal it. The Ishell matter landed in Slack; don't punt it — Hillary needs the elimination-strategy narrative this week, and how you document it matters more than when. Ship the AI script, close Pumpkin Spice Latte artwork, and keep moving.
Morning Context

The day ahead.

Santa Cruz
55° → 70°
Clear · Low 47° · Sunrise 6:22 · Sunset 7:49
Pleasure Point
2-3ft+ · Fair
WNW 3.6ft @ 8s · Wind 2kt SW · Low −0.6ft @ 10:39a
HBR·Read today
The Hidden Demand for AI Inside Your Company
Employees' unauthorized use of consumer AI tools isn't a compliance problem — it's signal. BBVA treated it that way and got 11,000 active users, 4,800 internal tools, and 2-5 hours/week saved per employee. Worth pattern-matching against your own org.
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What You Missed

Overnight.

Email
FYIAMEX Travel
Confirmed: your trip to Liberia
Trip #ZO-AX1044-38482 is booked through AMEX Travel on the Platinum card. Check the itinerary and confirm seat selection. Costa Rica adjacent — beach/surf prep applies.
ACTIONGoogle Merchant Center
Shopping Ads policy review complete — feed changes in progress
Google completed the MUD\WTR (US) account review. Danielle (EAV) is working with Google's Trust & Safety team and making feed changes to surface the restriction. Loop: confirm Kevin has eyes on this by EOD.
FYIClayton Fort
PO2228 — Pumpkin Spice Latte artwork
Clayton sent the PSL artwork to Eagle Flexible for production. Stephen, Kaydie, Matt, Emma, Kelsey all looped. Fall launch SKU is moving into packaging pipeline.
FYIClayton Fort
PO2229 — artwork code 1400AA confirmed
Production code sign-off with Eagle Flexible. Routine — no action needed unless QC flags.
FYIFigma
Figma Professional renewal — April 30
Monthly subscription auto-renews in a week. No action unless you want to revisit seat count.
Fathom Recap
Yesterday · Informal
Meeting with Lee Povey
Cycling physics + personal updates. Takeaway: longer cranks don't increase torque — they lower effective gearing. Good nerd-out; not action-generating.
Slack Highlights
URGENTHillary Diebold·Group DM
Ishell wrongful termination claim — need strategy narrative
Hillary got off a preliminary call with insurance-provided legal counsel. She needs you, Emma, and Brian to compile a summary of the strategic rationale for eliminating the ops coordinator role (studio membership pivot → studio manager hire). Existing notes, meeting summaries, Slacks all useful.
ACTIONTravis Weir·#subscription-compliance
Avi's sub/cancel flow recommendations — plan to implement
Travis is spinning up implementation of the design recs from last month. Emma wants to pulse-check with the DA first. Dev changes could land next week. Your call if you want visibility on specifics before they ship.
FYIMegan & Noah·#mud-email
Strawberry Matcha launch timing + meeting recording
Cruz needs exact go-live for SM to schedule email/SMS. Noah pulling a meeting recording in 2 hours for Megan who missed the connect.
FYIAidan Orozco·Group DM
Claude now does motion graphics — editing bot unlock
Aidan flagged that Claude's latest drop opens motion graphics generation for the editing bot. Relevant to the AI Sessions plan and the Purpose Script shoot.
Shane To-Do · Active
The Business

Revenue & pace.

Yesterday · Wed
$147,778
2,699 orders · $54.75 AOV
MTD · April
$3.88M
Thru Apr 23
YTD 2026
$19.32M
Pace: ~$62.4M annualized
Workbook → Daily Scorecard · Net Revenue Forecast
Personal Finances

Money moves.

Schwab Checking
$31,104
Investor Checking · 3768
Chase CC
$8,362
Balance owed · $26.2k limit
AMEX Platinum
$4,592
Pending balance
Thursday · April 23
MerchantAccountAmount
Tesla InsuranceAMEX$235.11
Wednesday · April 22
MerchantAccountAmount
CVSAMEX$21.29
GoogleAMEX$1.99
Haven Play LoungeChase$1.36
2-Day Total (excl. transfers)$259.75
Words of Jesus
"Take therefore no thought for the morrow: for the morrow shall take thought for the things of itself. Sufficient unto the day is the evil thereof."
Matthew 6:34