>>Once you got yourself up and running, do you find that your business is fairly consistent or does it come in spurts or is it seasonal?
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>You know how it is. When you are on a contract, you receive tons of calls for other contracts. Once the contrat is finished, it gets down.
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>>What type of businesses do you find contracting you? The reason I ask is, I >was considering the cost of a custom devoloped app in VFP, assuming an hourly >rate it would be reasonable to assume that an app would cost US $7000-$10,000. I >can't imagine a small business paying this much for an app. Or is this estimate >way off?
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>This is now a mininum price for an app. At least in Montreal, this is what it >is. Just imagine is the consulting is working on site for at least one month, >this is what at least he'll have for that period.

Heh, kinda like a girlfriend. When you have one, you get tons of other women interested, when you don't your prospects are bleak ;).

If $7-10K is a minimum for a one month app, does that mean that you usually only _have_ to work 6-7 months out of the year to make a decent profit, or that you are only _able_ to pull contracts for about 6-7 months out of the year?