Ask What is the difference between freelancing and running a small agency?

[Brendan]

Freelancing means you are one person selling your skills directly to clients and doing the work yourself. Running a small agency means you are building a business where other people also do work, and you manage clients, projects, and possibly a small team. The shift from one to the other is bigger than it sounds because you move from doing the work to managing the work. Some freelancers grow into agency owners without even planning to. Have you ever thought about making that jump, and what do you think separates the two in real terms?