Mihai Tomlin

Co-founder & CEO, New Genre · 1 appearance on the record.

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Mihai Toma is a designer and entrepreneur who co-founded New Genre, a design and technology studio working with high-growth tech companies and venture firms. He also co-founded Attached, a software platform designed to create, send, and approve client proposals.

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Tomlin: New Genre charges $10K minimum, averaging $30K to $50K per project

“So our minimum engagement fee is 10 K. So we don't touch projects less than 10 K. But on average, a project is around 30 to 50 K.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 5:58 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre hit $400K to $500K in first-year revenue

“Approximately. Yeah.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 7:17 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre hires after two consecutive months of weekend work

“I think when we have two, two consecutive Really busy months when we have to work weekends and time is, you know, time is not there. Then we know that it's time to hire more folks.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 8:15 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre generates around $80,000 annually from Accel Europe

“So annually we would do around ATK.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 11:11 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre operates as Accel Europe's dedicated design team

“No for Excel, we are Excel Europe's design team. We work on a number of projects from conferences events, and then a lot of their thought leadership and content building assets.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 11:27 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre operates with a core four-person full-time team

“So our team is four. So it's myself, my co-founder Jack, and then we have two full-time folks plus a team of freelancers.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 4:27 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre paid approximately 10 freelancers last year

“I would say around 10.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 4:44 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre completed 44 projects in its first year

“In our first year, we actually did 44 projects.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 6:50 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre trials hires as freelancers before full-time offers

“First we hire people as freelancers. We get a taste of how they work, what they do. Both of our employees are longtime friends of ours that we worked in the past. You know, for a number of years. So the risk is also lower.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 7:32 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Tomlin: New Genre pays under £2,000 monthly for London studio

“And we have a 50 square meter studio. I'm not sure what's that in feet, maybe 500. We pay less than 2000 pounds per month.”

Mihai Tomlin Mar 17, 2023 ▶ 9:38 From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel

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Episode	Date	Speaking time
From 1 man design team to $400k/year consulting for Accel	Mar 17, 2023	8m

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