Hi,
Just a short introduction I am 25 and I am an entrepreneur just like you but in a different sector.
During the course of my whole life, I've almost started 8 businesses and closed down 3 only?
Why so? As you are correct, the logo, color, branding, your company's influence are very important as they do make or break a company even though it it is a rather small segment that most entrepreneurs neglect due to their focus on their products/services.
However, I need a thorough explanation on how do you want the "Branding" to be, cheap?, expensive?, reliable? etc and I would need to know what exactly are you selling so I would make no mistakes.
However if my logo design and branding proposals, do not fit your requirements, I am willing to re-vamp the project and collect 50% less payment.
I have currently 2 CAD/artists working for me now so I can probably rush it out ASAP.
Thank you sir.
Aloysius Ngoh