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Studio21 January 2026 · 6 min read

Why we only do six things

How saying no to 70% of inbound made us better — and why focused studios beat generalist agencies at every layer that matters.

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Alex Mörch
Halftone Studio
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When we started, we said yes to almost everything. Within a year, we were doing three things badly and four things well. We rewrote the brief.

Today we do six disciplines. We say no to 70% of inbound. We refer the rest to studios who do them better. The work got better. The retention got better. The team got better. Saying no is the most underrated growth strategy in services.

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