Purpose: This comparative case study seeks to describe success and failure factors for SMEs starting up export/import and production in another country with very limited financial and human resources. Design/methodology/approach: Two cases of business projects that describe Swedish SMEs that started up export/import in Lithuania. Case study units were identified in personal communication. The criteria for selecting these SMEs were that they had some products or ideas that could be of interest for other markets and that they also needed some kind of production or network in other countries for being able to develop their companies. The model of success/failure factors is connected to those studies and gives some examples of ways of making growth in a SME. The primary study collects answers from direct project with match making in Lithuania and after that deep interviews and meetings for following up. Secondary study has been added from other studies and articles. The study is longitudinal and the process for developing the company for being able to enter new markets is described in this study. Findings: The findings in the comparative case study suggests that the main reason micro SMEs can grow in a new market is relying of the creativity of the owner, networking, connection between consultant, company ownership and insight of lowering costs concerning logistics and production. Illustrations show the network and strategies for handling marketing failures. For micro companies the contact in personal level seems to be important for push the process further on. That means that its not only straight business models that can be used but kind of hybrid of business models with personal impact models that makes business running. The lack of big investments cause of course problems for development in large scale but in micro companies the limitations is not connected with money but in ideas of finding new ways of produce, how to organize logistics and how to keep contact with the network. Research limitations: The material in the comparative case study provide solid grounds for analyzing the study units and the conclusions are transferable for the reader with a contextual understanding. More general conclusions would require continued studies where the case selection is randomized. Practical Implications: This case study can help SMEs to understand the difficulties in going abroad. Those cases show that there is emerging markets close in the northern part of Europe that can be developed for practical exchange for growth. Originality/Value: To show examples from SMEs that seldom take place in the discussion about how to manage export/import since they are considered to small to even think of that as a growth possibility. To gain sustainable growth in micro enterprises there should be more focus on helping the entrepreneur since that can be the most possible way of producing growth in terms of entering new markets, finding new networks, buying more smart from sub contractors abroad, finding new segments for products and also investments for developing the business. Without people that have ideas and courage to push the ideas further there would be no banks, insurance companies etc since the main point in my discussion is that the entrepreneur with the ideas no one else have been developed is the engine in the business growth. Its not always of course connected or correlated with success in selling since other companies can come and take over the ideas. If the entrepreneur can be helped further on with network, practical help with translation, finding right contacts and how to understand the culture – there would be much growth possibilities in even micro companies that are relying on one person only with ideas and knowledge about the products. A model for this possible interaction between b2b and also personal contacts is presented as a suggested model for showing how that could be done.