This week on The Creator Spotlight Podcast we are joined by Adam Biddlecombe, co-founder of Mindstream, a successful AI-focused newsletter which was recently acquired by HubSpot only 17 months after its inception. Adam shares his journey from being a musician to an entrepreneur, the ability to identify and seize an opportunity, and how to prep for acquisition.
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Adam's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-bidd/
Adam's X/Twitter: https://x.com/Adam_Bidd
Mindstream: https://www.mindstream.news
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00:00 Introducing Adam and Mindstream
01:48 Adam's first business in the music industry
06:38 The creator/entrepreneur spectrum
10:34 Getting started in the newsletter world
15:13 The first 1k subscribers and early investments
20:51 The skill of identifying an opportunity
27:31 Monetizing strategies following rapid growth
31:57 The value of using LinkedIn as a creator entrepreneur
37:56 How to prepare for acquisition
49:06 The three types of exits in business
52:20 The biggest opportunities in the creator economy right now
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