Business owners identify the most important challenges facing their business today

In the quarterly survey, from Wells Fargo which measures the optimism of small business owners, When business owners were asked to identify the most important challenges facing their business today, attracting customers and finding new business rose to the top of the list at 13 percent, followed by hiring and retaining quality staff (11 percent) and the economy (10 percent). Government regulations also was listed as a top challenge at 9 percent, down from 14 percent last quarter. These challenges have been consistently reported as the top concerns of small business owners since early 2013.