How often do you all sit in the same room?

How often to you pair, or simply work together physically?

First thing that struck me was the size of the team. Eight techs is a big team, especially for a start-up. I'm generalizing, obviously, as we have no idea what you are doing. It would help to know whether you are building product or service.

We need more info to offer good advice. Though it does sound like you need assistance.