Point #2 is definitely true. Even if a developer has no ideas themselves, there's no shortage of business people like you who are giving their ideas away for fr

Point #2 is definitely true. Even if a developer has no ideas themselves, there's no shortage of business people like you who are giving their ideas away for free in the hopes of getting a programmer to work on them. Perhaps you should be more clear about what you are bringing to the table yourself. E.g. marketing skills, access to an existing user base. $1000 is not enough unless you are aiming for an unskilled programmer.