I have been doing freelancing for last 3 years and i agree with you but i think you can avail opportunity to scale your business if you are lucky to get big clients because you become a business for others and as every business man wants to scale his business so i think its solely you who can show a big picture to a client. If his business grows following your picture so as you.Its my point of view though i am not that much experienced as you are but i think that should work in this way (mutual benefits). Above all i am happy to see a post in English by an Italian :p . Its my 2nd month here in Italy and its hard to find an english speaker here. :-(