Give, give, give, give… Ask.
You can market your ass off, but if your product sucks, you're dead.
Keep saying hello to people. They will be the differentiator for you for the rest of your life.
More contact means more sharing of information, gossiping, exchanging, engaging - in short, more word of mouth.
Stop whining, start hustling.
It's a very painful, eye-opening experience to realize, "Wait a minute, my dad actually doesn't want me to be successful because he's not happy." Whether you call it misery loves company, it's not like parents are bad people. It's a human trait. It's just a thing.