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Entrepreneurship is a driving factor of economic development of any developing and developed nation and this paper seeks to analyze the impact of Entrepreneurial Proficiencies on Business Performance among Tea Small Holders in Galle district, Sri Lanka. This article also aims to highlight the importance of entrepreneurial proficiencies and develop a platform for future research, and practice in that respect. Entrepreneurial Proficiencies is the independent variable and business performance of Tea Small Holders is the dependent variable of the study. Based on the sound literature, three relevant dimensions were identified for performance of Tea Small Holders namely: Knowledge Proficiency, Skillful Proficiency and Attitudinal Proficiency, which comprised the independent variable. Self-developed structured questionnaires were distributed among 173 Tea Small Holders in Galle district, Sri Lanka, who participated in this study by responding to the questionnaire. Data analysis was done by using correlation analysis and multiple linear regression analysis using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences - 23 version. Findings of the study showed that Knowledge Proficiency, Skillful Proficiency and Attitudinal Proficiency have positive and significant influence on business performance. Skillful Proficiency is the most influencing factor to business performance of Tea Small Holders in this study. Probability sampling method is used for selecting the data from the population. The study is limited to several individual factors and business performance is measured using financial and non-financial perspective using limited dimensions.