Trends and problems of small business development

Small business is the dream of many people, offering independence, autonomy and creativity. Unfortunately, in the last 2-3 years, along with large and medium-sized businesses, small businesses in our country have endured many difficulties on their way, starting with the COVID -19 pandemic, ending with the economic crisis in the country and the world. In addition to the influence of external factors, there are also many internal problems that small business owners often face at different periods of their activities. Therefore, in this case it is important to be agile and adapt to such external and internal influences. Now it is important for small business owners to consider the most common problems in their activities, and most importantly, to develop methods to overcome them. An organized and trained manager who knows about potential problems is much more then to solve them productively than someone who does not know about them. For this reason, this work has collected all the current internal and external problems of small business in our country.