Adam Biddlecombe - Mindstream Founder | Building an AI Media Business from $1K to Multi-Million Exit

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

How To, Education, Self-improvement, Business

4.6 • 326 Ratings

🗓️ 6 May 2025

⏱️ 104 minutes

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➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstoryAdam Biddlecombe is a British entrepreneur and AI educator best known as the co-founder of Mindstream, an AI-focused newsletter that grew to over 150,000 subscribers before being acquired by HubSpot in 2024. Now serving as Head of Brand at Mindstream within the HubSpot Media Network, he leads content and brand strategy while sharing insights on AI, marketing, and entrepreneurship with his 190,000+ LinkedIn followers.➡️ Show Linkshttps://twitter.com/adam_bidd/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bidd/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsHubspot - https://hubspot.com/ Vanta - https://www.vanta.com/scott Federated Computer - https://www.federated.computer Lingoda - https://try.lingoda.com/success_sprintCornbread Hemp - https://cornbreadhemp.com/success (Code: Success)FreshBooks - https://www.freshbooks.com/pricing-offer/ Quince - https://quince.com/success Northwest Registered Agent - https://www.northwestregisteredagent.com/success Prolon - https://prolonlife.com/clary NetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/ Indeed - https://indeed.com/clary➡️ Talking Points00:00 - Intro00:00 – Meet Adam Biddlecombe03:28 – The Moment Mindstream Clicked05:18 – AI Meets Music08:17 – Failing Forward11:16 – Stick With It or Let It Go?15:58 – Don't Compare Your Day One23:00 – Sponsor Break27:01 – Lessons That Built Mindstream30:13 – Why AI Content?35:33 – What Kept Them Going40:22 – Can Creators Think Like CEOs?46:09 – What Worked—and What Didn't49:30 – Sponsor Break53:09 – When You're Just Another Email57:03 – Smart Spending on Newsletters1:00:45 – Why Cold Emails Flopped1:04:00 – Newsletter CPM: What's Ideal?1:10:54 – When HubSpot Came Knocking1:12:23 – Always Building to Sell?1:20:00 – Are Newsletters Beginner-Friendly?1:21:29 – One Big Misconception1:23:04 – Hard Lessons You Don’t Want1:29:15 – Toxic Advice Entrepreneurs Hear1:35:30 – A Lesson for the Next Generation

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0:05.7	feeling depleted and tired. We work nonstop. And that's why I love prolon's five-day fasting,
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0:21.6	They deliver plant-based soup, snacks, and drinks that keep your body in a fasting state while
0:27.0	giving you nutrition.
0:28.3	And when your body's in a fasting state, this triggers cellular renewal.
0:33.1	And it actually works.
0:34.2	This is why I loved intermittent fasting for so many years.
0:37.1	This is the magic of
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0:43.8	all the benefits that they had before, but now they have 100% organic ingredients in their food,
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1:34.9	Prolonlife.com slash Clary. Lengota is a partner of success story. Look, I'll be real with you.
1:42.3	My French used to be solid. I learned it in school.
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