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Adam Biddlecombe & Matt Village

Content / media · last checked 15 Oct 2026

Mindstream

● ClaimedMonthly revenue⏳ Figure from 2024 · 22 mo old

Old figure: from 2024 (22 months old). The business may look very different today; we show it with its date rather than as a current number.

TL;DR

  • Figure: $20–30K/month (Monthly revenue · 2024 · founder on a podcast (spoken))

    ≈ $20,000/month in USD — low end of the $20–30K/month range.

  • Proof level: Claimed. The acquisition is confirmed by acquirer-side posts, but the revenue figure is spoken in a podcast and unverified, and the sale price is unknown.
  • Our verdict (3/10, opinion): The exit is real, but its price is undisclosed and the revenue figure is spoken on a podcast. Paid subscriber acquisition needs capital and growth-marketing skill.

Reported figure

$20–30K/month

Proof level

Claimed

Agentic-ness (opinion)

3/5

Replicability (opinion)

3/10

The story

Adam Biddlecombe and Matt Village started Mindstream in June 2023 and exited to HubSpot about 16 months later.

  1. ~8 months after launch (2024) — "$20–30k a month" — founder on a podcast (spoken, unverified)
  2. Oct 2024 — Acquired by HubSpot, undisclosed terms; ~150k subscribers — CX Today (secondary)
  3. 17 Oct 2024 — Acquisition confirmed by both founders and HubSpot executives on LinkedIn; news also posted on X

Sale price: undisclosed.

Business model

  • What it sells: sponsorships in a free daily AI newsletter.
  • To whom: AI/tech sponsors.
  • Pricing: free newsletter; sponsorship rates: Research in progress.
  • Acquisition: paid subscriber acquisition and referral, per a founder quote (secondary source).

Proof

Sources:

Why "Claimed": the acquisition is confirmed by acquirer-side posts, but the revenue figure is spoken in a podcast and unverified, and the sale price is unknown.

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Agent blueprint

Our suggestion — not how the founder did it

  1. Step 1

    Research agent

    Collects daily AI news

  2. Step 2

    Writer agent

    Drafts the issue for editors

  3. Step 3

    Growth agent

    Runs and reports on paid subscriber-acquisition tests within a set budget

  4. Step 4

    Sales agent

    Manages sponsors

Human in charge

A person approves money, public posts and key decisions. We don't estimate how much human work this saves.

Agentic-ness today (our estimate): 3/5 · Difficulty: Hard

Our take (opinion)

  1. Launch a daily niche newsletter with agent-assisted research.
  2. Buy subscribers only where cost per subscriber pays back via sponsors.
  3. Add referrals to lower acquisition cost.
  4. Build sponsor demand; strategic buyers may follow.
  • Skills: Growth marketing, writing, ad sales
  • Audience needed: Not required if you buy growth

Risks & limits

  • Subscriber-acquisition spend can exceed sponsor revenue.
  • Low moat.
  • Revenue figure unverified.

Our verdict

Editorial opinion

3/10

Replicability today: 3/10. The exit is real, but its price is undisclosed and the revenue figure is spoken on a podcast. Paid subscriber acquisition needs capital and growth-marketing skill. (Editorial opinion.)

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Figures as reported by the cited sources on the dates shown. Verdict, ratings and blueprint are editorial opinion. Not financial advice. No income guarantees.