We cut 70% of staff: what to expect when you launch an IT agency business

Introduction

The studio has been running for several years. Along the way I moved from “wow, I’m a founder” to the hard reality of agency work: cash flow, sales, hiring, slipped deadlines, and the inevitable staffing decisions.

This is not a pep talk — it is a blunt look at what to expect if you launch an IT services business.

−70% team size

a hard reset that helped keep the agency alive

What we will cover

• Money and accounting discipline.
• Sales without magical inbound.
• Team: when to scale and when to stop.
• Expensive mistakes that only look obvious in hindsight.

The full eight-part story is being migrated into MDX; this stub anchors structure and SEO for the blog index.