Maybe because you spread the risk? Many small will allow you to do a lot of small projects ; when a client leaves it doesn't matter, while if you have a bigger client (who will have bigger wishes), you are usually suddenly stuck for month in a project and if that client leaves you are done?
That was my reasoning at least when I was a freelancer; that's why I didn't continue doing that and started hiring people quite soon; the risk of losing a big client is too stressful. YOU depend on it; you feel it immediately. Funded startups; I would never do that anymore as freelancer. I had a few; cases in point here. Working on a project for 3-4 months only to see the funding had run out and the company was broke => no money. Funded startups are horrible to work with/for if you cannot peek into their reserves and financial situation. They will play nice weather until the very last moment (they have to of course) when you receive an official letter that they are gone and you can call some lawyer to get in line for your money (which you will never get).
If you don't want to 'work from home', I would say corporates (at least in north EU) are your very best bet at stability. I know guys who have held stable freelance jobs for decades at huge corporations. It's like having a job though, so I don't really see the point.
That was my reasoning at least when I was a freelancer; that's why I didn't continue doing that and started hiring people quite soon; the risk of losing a big client is too stressful. YOU depend on it; you feel it immediately. Funded startups; I would never do that anymore as freelancer. I had a few; cases in point here. Working on a project for 3-4 months only to see the funding had run out and the company was broke => no money. Funded startups are horrible to work with/for if you cannot peek into their reserves and financial situation. They will play nice weather until the very last moment (they have to of course) when you receive an official letter that they are gone and you can call some lawyer to get in line for your money (which you will never get).
If you don't want to 'work from home', I would say corporates (at least in north EU) are your very best bet at stability. I know guys who have held stable freelance jobs for decades at huge corporations. It's like having a job though, so I don't really see the point.