The study is limited by several factors. The data were collected in the southwest U.S., which might limit the ability to generalize the results to other regions in the U.S. or other countries. We choose this region because it has a high representation of minority business owners, especially Hispanics, which enabled us to test for differences in training needs according to ethnicity. As reported above, no significant differences were observed. Nevertheless, entrepreneurial and small business training needs may differ according to geographic region.