Abstract :
This study aims to determine the factors of venture capital, business location and
marketing strategy on the success of MSME businesses in Dumai City. In this study,
the author focuses his research on culinary SMEs. The type of research used is
observational with a quantitative approach. The variables in this study include
business capital, business location, marketing strategy and business success. The
population in this study are people who have culinary businesses. The sample used
in this study was 100 respondents who were taken by purposive sampling technique
and the data collection method used a questionnaire. Analysis of the data used is
descriptive analysis. The results of this study indicate that the dominant factor of
venture capital on business success with an average indicator of 3.22 with a medium
category. The dominant factor of business location on business success with an
average indicator of 4.08 in the high category. The dominant factor of marketing
strategy on business success with an average indicator of 3.91 in the high category.
And the dominant factor of business success with an average indicator of 3.51 in
the high category.