What are the advantages of having employees instead of hiring freelancers or contractors for projects in a startup or small business?

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For a startup business owner, it is always better to start with full employed first before focusing on freelancers. This is because full employee always have the intention of staying and build the business with the starters. This is unlike of freelancers that only want to make money from the process and doesn't really care about the growth of the business. His own is just to do the task assigned to him and then leave after the completion.