I really want this concept to work, but I still cannot ever get someone involved in these projects to really give me a realistic (paying) customer base that sca

I really want this concept to work, but I still cannot ever get someone involved in these projects to really give me a realistic (paying) customer base that scales. I'm ready and willing to stand up a rack full of spinning rust for such a concept to be a provider, I just have yet to make the model work or trust there is a customer base willing to store their data in such a manner.