believe me, we don't want ownership over any of the ideas. we're also aware that "no-strings-attached" often is not, so I'll grant you that this may all seem rather suspicious. Honestly, I hope people get fabulously happy and can quit the day job off of the $1000 we're handing over. Doing that for somebody is my ROI. But even if all it does is lower the activation energy required for somebody to get off his/her ass and do something awesome or encourage already awesome people to keep going, I think we all win. We could use a little more unfettered joy around us, don't you think?

I think this is a great idea, and if I could I'd support a 5K and 10K grant for more complex projects.

Something I have noticed: people tend to do better under a little pressure.

So if you could have some kind of requirements, like regular emails, submitting a video of your work, or an online interview at the end, you might get better results.

Just a thought. Good luck with this!

Believe me, we're all far too busy to do our own ideas, let alone anyone else's. In fact if anyone wants to take stuff off my plate, please do :)