Small companies reveal what torments them. 4 issues indicate

As part of the “Perspectives of Polish Entrepreneurship” studio, the IBRIS studio conducted a study among those conducting a sole proprietorship (JDG). The results of the study are revealed by “Rzeczpospolita”.

The participants of the study were asked, among others about what prompted them to start a business. Nearly 60 percent respondents indicated the desire for independence and independence, and for 40 percent. The possibility of flexible time management as well as the implementation of your own ideas is important. Only for 13 percent The respondents were motivated by the continuation of the family business.

The creators of the study pay attention to the differences in motivations to start operating. Younger people more often point to the appearance of a specific chance. In turn, older entrepreneurs are dominated by motives related to the need for independence and the desire to manage time. For young people, these values are equally important, but their decisions are more often the result of reaction to external market occasions.

JDG about barriers in conducting business activity

When asked about the largest barriers in conducting activities, most respondents mentioned the bureaucracy and the complexity of legal provisions (64 percent). Both women and men, residents of large and small cities, people before and after the age of 40, most often talk about these barriers. Financial restrictions (31 percent) came in second, and competition on the market on the market (27 percent). Just behind the podium, there were difficulties in acquiring customers (26 percent).

– Regardless of the analyzed cross -section – gender, age or form of activity – entrepreneurs extremely coherent (over 60 percent) indicate the bureaucracy and complexity of the regulations as the most serious barriers in running a business. This is a clear signal that further simplification of regulation remains one of the key conditions for the development of entrepreneurship in Poland – comments Zofia Dzik, Strategist and president of the Humanites Institute: Man and Technology.

Few are afraid of bankruptcy

The creators of the study pay attention to the fact that the few JDG leaders are afraid of the risk of bankruptcy. This factor only indicated every tenth participant in the study. The problem is also the lack of courage or sufficient knowledge.

As the most common form of financing their own business, respondents gave savings in the vast majority (80 percent). 35 percent He reaches for leasing, and every fourth surveyed for bank loans (26 percent). Few use factoring or external investors (3 percent).