In Latvia, small companies often face serious problems that do not affect medium and large companies, therefore the long-term existence of such companies is in many cases at risk. According to statistics, half of the newly founded small companies cease their activity after a couple of years. The biggest problems that many small business owners have to face are insufficient amount of income and therefore financial problems, inability to attract sufficiently highly qualified employees, lack of managerial experience and knowledge in business and the specific sector, high competition, difficulty in finding time and funds for company development , the great influence of external factors on the company's operation, etc. Many problems for small business owners would disappear if they knew and learned how to find information in the market about the factors influencing it. Students do not know how to search for information and work independently and in groups.