Ask HN: Proving Early Stage Validation, When Everything Is Wrong With Your Idea

So we have a primitive thread going on at Reddit (here: http://redd.it/rmpcy) trying to learn about our customer segment and possible issues with our StartupWeekend App but Reddit is nowhere as credible/reliable as Hacker News. Our advisors are iffy on a few things listed below. Our Idea: We want to crowd-source development and design for business minded startups, making launching a reality for the no technical (yet good) teams. 

Here are our issues: 

 - Intelectual Property,   - Integrating Github and StackOverflow into a Badgeville or Badge Farm (www.BadgeFarm.com) like system to vett the talent, and   - The actual "want/need" for a product like ours (http://www.joinastartup.org). 

We need your advice HN! :)