Look for customers posting work on the underlying platforms you'd build your interface on top of (e.g. SAS, Cognos, etc.). I'd suggest being willing to take wo

Look for customers posting work on the underlying platforms you'd build your interface on top of (e.g. SAS, Cognos, etc.). I'd suggest being willing to take work related to, but potentially outside of your immediate interest in improved interfaces. Otherwise as many people are alluding you will have a very hard time finding work. The benefit of this is that you will learn a ton more about what customers want beyond what you're already imagining and establish credibility with them. I started consulting about 6 months ago. I was very picky about which customers I took on. The ones I did turned out to be amazing sources of problems that could be whole product categories. Now I am getting ready to build my first product and I feel very confident I have my first sale lined up.