Entrepreneur Magazine, along with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, created a survey of the top challenges and opportunities facing small businesses. They report that these are the top concerns:
- retaining key staff
- developing new products and services
- expanding into global markets
- general concerns about an unstable economy
- rising health care costs
- shortage of qualified employees
The results of the first Entrepreneurial Challenges Survey appear in the January 2006 issue of Entrepreneur magazine and can be accessed on-line at: