“…Many factors affected performance of small and medium enterprises, both internal and external factors (Bouazza, Ardjouman, Abada, 2015). With reference to previous studies that the overall performance of small and medium-sized businesses is influenced by internal factors consisting of several variables, including skills (Widjajanta, 2018;Wijaya, Yadewani, Karim, 2022), experience (Murtadlo and Hanan, 2018;Ardiana and Brahmayanti, 2010a), ability (Da Costa and Xiong ying, 2021), knowledge (Authority, 2018;Ardiana and Brahmayanti, 2010a), innovation, religiosity (Irfani et al 2016;Sefnedi, Yadewani, 2022) and several other factors. Entrepreneurial competence which is also referred to as human capital is strengthened by the Manpower Act Number 13 of 2003 concerning Employment 1 (10) which according to the definition, entrepreneurial competence is indeed an individual's work ability that includes aspects of knowledge, skills, and work abilities in accordance with specified criteria.…”