What’s that? All the fun of a startup without all the risk. YC folks who don't want VC might be interested.
inevitable.cc or http://tinyurl.com/5hr434
Of course, a lot of what makes startups succeed is scarcity of resources and fear of imminent and public failure. You're taking that away and functionally creating an incubator, which have long histories of producing mediocre startups/products.
If I were you, I'd adjust it to: 1) Pay bread/water wages. 2) Give them skin in the game (equity). As much as you can stand. 3) Tell them they have 6 months to build something people want/like or their salary goes to zero and they can continue on like any other entrepreneur (for the love/belief in the project and the hope that they can make it go big). 4) Hire 2 people, not one.
One thing I'd add -- building something people want isn't a silver bullet. Building something people want enough that there's value generated is. Mixing that up, which is way, way too often done on this site, is fatal.
There's really not enough info there for someone to decide if it's interesting or not.
That said, in my opinion, the suspense, and really, the hard part, of being an entrepreneur is figuring out how to get a business to fly. Ideas and implementing them is the easy part. :-)
Process smart people follow: Step 1: Great people Step 2: Find something to build
I think the poster means well, and good on him for that, but there needs to be more information if he wants to attract folks.
Also, I'm not exactly stupid, just willing to take a risk.
Out of curiosity, I presume the reason why you want a "young hacker" is because you can't afford an older one?
Cool idea, good luck!