Confidence Knock

Today I have to say that my confidence is a bit low, starting a business is the hardest thing I have had to do.
To say that I am not very popular is an understatement, I have always been a bit of a loner and a geek and this is fine by me. I would rather sit and play with my camera than go out drinking with people and until now this has never been a problem for me however I have noticed that between me and my classmates my progress is very slow in comparison. My class is populated, for the most part, by young, pretty girls with lots of friends and contacts to people who can help spread their name and volunteer to model for them and help them practice. I on the other hand have myself and my beautiful daughter. If I were still with my husband I expect I would have many people to help but splitting up with him apparently meant losing everyone I thought was my friend as well. So now I am in a quandry, I don't know how to go about advertising myself and getting help with practice shoots. I know I still have a lot to learn before opening my studio in the summer of next year but with nobody to help how am I supposed to do this? I need to fail a few times with people that wont mind the odd wobble before I try to do this as a profession with people that expect perfect customer service and results.
I have booked a studio and have asked several people if they would like to come and have their photo taken with their children. I am hoping that at least a couple of people will take me up on the offer so that I can at least get a few nice shots to add to my portfolio, hopefully after that things will start picking up and head in the right direction.
I know that in the grand scheme of things I have only been working on this for a couple of weeks but I am very aware of how important it is for me to be at least ready to start by the time I finish uni. This is where I want to go and what I want to do. It's likely that if I don't get off the ground next year then I never will and I'm back to square 1 in another dead end job somewhere trying to make ends meet and never doing what I love :-(

Hopefully this is just a little confidence wobble and I'll be back to my usual self in no time. I expect this is just because I am full of cold and rather tired

Wish me luck everyone...........