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EPISODE · May 28, 2026 · 26 MIN

The $1M KPI Mistake Almost Every Entrepreneur Makes

from The Premium Mindset · host Cameron Bawden and Evan Ritchey

A KPI you've reported on every single week for years… that's been quietly capping your revenue the entire time. That's exactly what Evan uncovered inside Coconut Cleaning — and it could be worth an extra $1 million a year.In this episode of Premium Mindset, Cameron and Evan take a deep dive into the lifetime value of your existing customer base and the single greatest lever to grow both top line and bottom line: the customers you've already paid to acquire. Evan walks through the moment he realized the team wasn't tracking how many recurring Coconut Club members actually needed service — they were tracking a percentage of a 40% bandwidth cap, a number engineered to spit out the same result every month no matter what. The fix changes everything about how they route vans, set demand, and measure real growth.This is a raw, in-the-weeds look at why data integrity is the only thing that tells you where to act.In this episode, we cover: Why the most profitable dollars come from customers you've already acquired How a "responsible" 40% KPI quietly hid a seven-figure revenue leak The difference between measuring against bandwidth vs. measuring true demand How getting members from 2 services a year to 4 adds $1M in revenue Why demand creation comes first and bandwidth second The new rolling KPI: how many club members you have, churn, and quarterly completion How AI is changing the game for pulling clean, consistent numbers in your business.If you run a service business and think your recurring revenue model is healthy - this episode will show you exactly where to question everything before a hidden metric costs you years.Subscribe to Premium Mindset for weekly conversations on entrepreneurship, leadership, and scaling profitable home service businesses.If you're interested in becoming a Coconut Cleaner franchise owner, visit us at: https://coconutcleaningco.com/franchise/Also check out: https://coconutcleaningco.com/Join the 1% Club: https://www.cameronbawden.com/Check out the previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uArqnoXuZ2cFor more tools, templates & business frameworks,Follow us on social mediaCameron Bawden's Instagram: @cbawdenEvan Ritchey Instagram: @evan.p.ritchey

A KPI you've reported on every single week for years… that's been quietly capping your revenue the entire time. That's exactly what Evan uncovered inside Coconut Cleaning — and it could be worth an extra $1 million a year.In this episode of Premium Mindset, Cameron and Evan take a deep dive into the lifetime value of your existing customer base and the single greatest lever to grow both top line and bottom line: the customers you've already paid to acquire. Evan walks through the moment he realized the team wasn't tracking how many recurring Coconut Club members actually needed service — they were tracking a percentage of a 40% bandwidth cap, a number engineered to spit out the same result every month no matter what. The fix changes everything about how they route vans, set demand, and measure real growth.This is a raw, in-the-weeds look at why data integrity is the only thing that tells you where to act.In this episode, we cover: Why the most profitable dollars come from customers you've already acquired How a "responsible" 40% KPI quietly hid a seven-figure revenue leak The difference between measuring against bandwidth vs. measuring true demand How getting members from 2 services a year to 4 adds $1M in revenue Why demand creation comes first and bandwidth second The new rolling KPI: how many club members you have, churn, and quarterly completion How AI is changing the game for pulling clean, consistent numbers in your business.If you run a service business and think your recurring revenue model is healthy - this episode will show you exactly where to question everything before a hidden metric costs you years.Subscribe to Premium Mindset for weekly conversations on entrepreneurship, leadership, and scaling profitable home service businesses.If you're interested in becoming a Coconut Cleaner franchise owner, visit us at: https://coconutcleaningco.com/franchise/Also check out: https://coconutcleaningco.com/Join the 1% Club: https://www.cameronbawden.com/Check out the previous episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uArqnoXuZ2cFor more tools, templates & business frameworks,Follow us on social mediaCameron Bawden's Instagram: @cbawdenEvan Ritchey Instagram: @evan.p.ritchey

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