[th3byrdm4n]

My caution is at the end of working with free lancers you have no technical retention.

My company worked with freelancers/consultants for years, it just delayed the inevitable. You need to start building your in house team.

Find the ONE. See if he can build anything on their own. If they can/thinking is good, then scaling with freelancers seems good because you retain knowledge and long-term vision/oversight.

[davedx]

That's the whole point - at this point they don't know if they want to build out a full team. Start small and measure progress, you can always add permanent employees along the way. (We did this too)