[brudgers]

University students have disposable time. They do not have disposable income. Sophisticated investors will look at the potential of a team more so than the aesthetics of the demo. So here's how I see it.

Selling $1500 worth of services takes approximately the same effort as selling $5000 worth of services. It takes slightly less effort than selling $10,000 worth of services.

The overhead of a $1500 job is proportionally much higher than the overhead of $10,000 job. The expectations of $1500 job are proportionally higher. And inexperienced clients and young people are the most likely to try not to pay and to not understand negotiation and rarely come in with a win-win approach.

The key to having long term consulting contracts is to have good clients who are in the habit of paying consultants for long term work. Because such clients do not have to be educated on the benefits and costs.

Good luck.