Small Business School

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Small Business School is a weekly, half-hour television program that began airing in 1994 first the USA on PBS-member stations and then throughout the world via the Voice of America.^[1] The show goes on location all over the USA and around the world to visit with the founders of a business which has created work and wealth for at least ten years and they are recognized by their community and industry for their valuable contributions in making our world a better place.

Throughout the interviews, these owners talk about how they got their idea for a business, how they got started, and how they got over the hurdles.^[2] Many even talk about their initial failures. These interviews provide insight and inspiration for all business owners.

Each episode has a transcript, case study guide, overview and homepage to provide a means for viewers to further study each episode. The show has been on the air since 1994 and these case study guides were first prepared for the PBS Adult Learning Satellite Service where they were made available to all the colleges and universities throughout the USA. Nobody can pay to be on this show and nobody has ever paid to be on it. The show has been made possible by sponsors such as IBM, the United States Postal Service, Verizon, Thomson Learning, Microsoft, Business Week, Travelers Insurance, AT&T, Dun & Bradstreet, MassMutual, Qwest, and many others.

In 1999 this online school for business owners began streaming video of key episodes. By 2006, each key point within every weekly episode streamed as a short-burst, user-driven video clip between one to five minutes long. There are over 2000 video clips on the site that address key issues that typical business owners face every day.