A founder-led web design studio in Texas: the person on the call is the person who builds the site.
Plenty of agencies say founder-led. The useful question is narrower: will the person you meet on the first call personally design, write, and code your website, or will the work be handed to an account manager and a junior designer once you sign? At TMN Creative the answer is the first one, and this page shows how to check it from outside rather than take our word for it.
2 names, and nobody behind them.
TMN Creative is Trevor and Taylor Niemann, a husband-and-wife studio founded in Fort Worth in 2025. The legal entity is True Margin North, LLC, and it is printed in the footer of every page on this site. Here is exactly who touches your project.
Design, code, structure, launch
Trevor takes the first call, writes the proposal, designs the site, and hand-codes it in HTML, CSS, and JavaScript. He also writes the structured data, sets up hosting, and runs the launch checks. Before TMN he spent a decade in enterprise sales and capital raising across fintech, private wealth, and family offices, which is why the sites are built around how a serious buyer reads a firm. His background is on the record.
Strategy, copy, operations
Taylor leads client strategy, copywriting, and operations: what the site has to say, in what order, and how the project runs from kickoff to approval. When Trevor is heads-down in the build, Taylor is the second founder who answers, not a coordinator relaying messages. Both founders are named on the studio page.
No account managers, no juniors, no outsourcing
There is no account manager between you and the builder, no junior designer producing the first draft, and no offshore developer coding what someone else designed. TMN does not outsource design, copy, or code. If a project ever needs a third person, that is stated in the proposal before you sign, not discovered after.
Check the public evidence behind the work.
Founder-led is easy to say. The table below separates facts a buyer can verify independently from operating claims that remain TMN's responsibility. Run the same checks on any studio you are considering.
| Claim | How to check it | Where |
|---|---|---|
| The founder codes the site | Open the Ramsay Law Firm verification chain, then open the live client site. The linked client credit corroborates TMN's role. Source inspection shows the delivered site's files and the absence of the named theme or page-builder markers, but source alone cannot prove who wrote every line. | Verification chain |
| 2 people, both founders | The site's own structured data declares 2 employees and names both founders. Both have public LinkedIn profiles linked from the studio page. There is no team page with stock headshots because there is no team to fill one. | Studio page · Verification center |
| Clients credit TMN publicly | 8 live client websites carry a visible TMN Creative credit in their own footer or page code, and all 8 are listed with links on the verification center. Open the client's domain, scroll to the footer, and read it. That corroboration lives outside TMN's control. | Verification center · Portfolio |
| The first draft comes fast because the builder is on the call | Published timelines: a free homepage preview in 48 hours, Starter Refresh and Full Site Rebuild first drafts typically targeted at 72 hours after kickoff, Custom Studio Build first review typically targeted at 7 to 10 days. A Fort Worth client's own words on the studio page: “Trevor turned around a first draft in two days and nailed the direction.” | Pricing page · Studio page |
| Pricing is published, not quoted after a discovery call | 3 tiers on the pricing page: $2,250 Starter Refresh, $3,750 Full Site Rebuild, $5,000+ Custom Studio Build. Optional site care from $50 per month, month to month. No retainer is required to build. | Pricing page |
| The studio is in Texas | Fort Worth, Texas is the address in the site's structured data, the location on the Google Business Profile, and the city on both founders' profiles. Texas clients with live credited sites include Tony's Lawn & Tree in Fort Worth and Training Wheels ABA in the Austin area. | Verification center · Fort Worth |
| Reviews are real and recent | Google Business Profile: 5.0 from 8 reviews as of Aug 27, 2026. Clutch: 4 published client reviews, 5.0 overall, checked Sep 3, 2026. Clutch visibly labels 2 as verified and presents 2 as online reviews. The counts are dated because a 2025 studio has a short review history. | Verification center |
| You own the files when it is done | The website files and project assets transfer to the client after full payment, subject to the signed agreement. There is no proprietary CMS and no platform account you must keep paying. The client's domain is registered to the client, which the public WHOIS record confirms on the Ramsay build. | Terms · WHOIS check |
If any check on this page fails when you run it, tell us and the page will be corrected with a date stamp. The verification center is maintained the same way.
What founder-led actually changes for the firm hiring the studio.
The point is not that small is virtuous. It is that 4 specific things go differently when the person who scoped the project is the person building it.
The estimate and the build come from the same head
At an agency the salesperson estimates, the project manager re-scopes, and the designer discovers what was promised. Here the person writing the proposal is the person who will code every page in it, so the scope is what gets built and the price is the price.
Feedback goes to the builder, not through a queue
A revision request is read by the person who can make the change, usually the same day. That is how a first draft turns around in days rather than weeks, and why the published timelines above are measured in hours and days.
A small number of builds at a time
2 people cannot run 30 projects, so TMN does not. The studio inquiry form asks for target timing because active builds are limited each quarter and a start date is a real commitment, not a slot in a production pipeline.
Accountability has a name on it
Trevor's name is on the case studies, both founders are named in the code of this site, and the client sites credit TMN by name in their footers. When something is wrong, there is 1 person to call and 1 person responsible for fixing it.
5 questions that separate founder-led from small-agency, answered on the record.
Ask these on the first call with any studio, including this one. A studio that operates like an agency will answer at least 1 of them vaguely.
Will the person on this call personally design and code the site?
Yes. Trevor takes the call and builds the site. There is no one to delegate to.
Who writes the copy?
Taylor leads copy and strategy with Trevor, working from your intake and your review. For regulated firms the disclosure language comes from your compliance reviewer or counsel and goes in as they approve it. TMN does not approve or file anything on a client's behalf.
How many projects are you running right now?
Ask on the call and you will get the actual number. Active builds are limited each quarter, and if the next open start is later than your timing, TMN says so rather than taking the deposit and stretching.
What happens if the founder is unavailable?
There are 2 founders, so a client always has a second person who knows the project. The finished site runs on standard static hosting that does not need daily attention, and the files are yours after full payment, so the site is portable to any host and never depends on a studio staying reachable.
When does founder-led stop being enough?
When a project needs 40 pages in 3 weeks, a full brand identity program, or paid media management alongside the site. TMN says that in the first conversation and points you elsewhere. Custom Studio Builds from $5,000 cover the deeper strategy, copy, and disclosure paths that professional firms need, and the studio inquiry form takes planned investments from $5,000 to $20,000 and above.
Founder-led does not mean cheaper by default and it does not mean faster on every project. It means the person accountable for the result is the person doing the work, and you can confirm that before you sign.
What buyers ask about hiring a 2-person studio.
Is TMN Creative really just 2 people?
Yes. TMN Creative is Trevor and Taylor Niemann, founded in Fort Worth, Texas in 2025 under True Margin North, LLC. The site's own structured data declares 2 employees, both founders have public LinkedIn profiles linked from the studio page, and the verification center lists the team by name. Trevor designs and codes every site. Taylor leads client strategy, copywriting, and operations. There are no account managers, junior designers, or contractors behind them.
Do you take clients outside Dallas-Fort Worth?
Yes. TMN is based in Fort Worth and works with firms across Texas and the United States. Live credited client sites include a Fort Worth landscaping company, an Austin-area ABA therapy practice, a Phoenix architecture firm, a South Bay Los Angeles roofing contractor, a Northbrook, Illinois psychiatry practice, and a Fort Lauderdale personal injury law firm. Every project runs the same way regardless of location: a 15-minute first call, a written proposal, then the build, with review by email and screen share.
Do you outsource any part of the build?
No. Design, copy, code, structured data, and launch are done by the 2 founders. TMN does not use offshore developers, white-label design shops, or freelance subcontractors to produce client work. If a specific project ever required a third specialist, that would be written into the proposal before signing so the client knows exactly who is involved.
Is a founder-led studio the right choice for a $10,000 or $20,000 project?
Often, and the studio inquiry form takes planned investments from $5,000 to $20,000 and above for that reason. A Custom Studio Build from $5,000 is where TMN does its deepest work for professional firms: positioning, page architecture, full copy, disclosure paths for regulated firms, and integrations. The honest limit is capacity, not craft. If a project needs dozens of pages on a compressed timeline, a full brand identity program, or paid media alongside the site, TMN says so in the first conversation rather than staffing up around it.
How do I know the portfolio is your own work?
Follow the chain from this site to the client's. Each published case study names the client and links to the live domain. Open that domain and look at the footer: 8 live client sites carry a visible TMN Creative credit, and all 8 are listed on the verification center. The linked client credit corroborates TMN's role. Source inspection can show the delivered files and the absence of named theme or page-builder markers, but it cannot prove authorship by itself.
What does working with TMN look like week to week?
A 15-minute introduction call to establish fit, then a written proposal with scope, timeline, and price. After kickoff, Starter Refresh and Full Site Rebuild first drafts typically target 72 hours, and a Custom Studio Build first review typically targets 7 to 10 days. From there, revisions go straight to Trevor and are usually turned the same day or the next. Launch waits on the client's approval of copy and, for regulated firms, on their compliance reviewer. After launch, optional site care starts at $50 per month, month to month, and the files transfer to the client after full payment.
Want to meet the person who will build your site?
Book a 15-minute call with Trevor, or send the brief and get a free homepage preview in 48 hours, hand-coded by the same person. No account manager will call you afterward, because there is not one.