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The persistence of traditional approach to the management of small enterprises is the reason why in recent decades the managers of small and large entities have diverged increasingly in their decisions. Business management in the early twenty-first century has been dominated by a concept of focusing business activities on the growth of the business value. The question arises whether it will change the approach of small enterprises to the role of the capital market in their development. The paper shows studies on how small entrepreneurs perceive the capital market in Poland as a potential source of equity capital.