When it comes to buying and selling, small business owners are pretty good at that – every company is founded, and has been built to do those things. But operating a small business in the 21st century has become more complicated than ever before, which is why people who know small business know the best way to find out what’s really going on is to ask the owner what keeps them up at night. If you listen to politicians, you’d think needing a loan is what wakes small business owners up at 2am. Let’s review: Nine of the top 10 greatest small business challenges are directly associated with government. To be fair, let me hasten to add the cost of health care was a small business challenge prior to Obamacare.

Source: Forbes January 21, 2017 17:48 UTC