1. Past: Transcripts. Most all of the transcripts are available at no charge for our visitors and viewers. For our fellows, students, and insiders, these transcripts are linked to video clips and the interactive study guides. (more about Transcripts)

2. Present: Executive Summary / Overview / Profile. The upper right-hand corner of any four-box presentation on this site will go to a thumbnail description of a business. Plus, learn how this owner was selected for a show, read about their contributions to their community (social capital) and their industry. There are also one-line summaries (and hotlinks) to each of the key teaching points, plus many hyperlinks for more information.

There are hundreds of profiles and thousands more to come.

Most state references go to small business resource pages within that state. These small business references will be among the most comprehensive on the web (for every state and territory in the USA and eventually every country in the world). Plus, every show has been indexed by state.

3. Future: Television broadcast schedules. First, there is the immediate future -- what's happening later today. If you click on "schedules," it will take you to our dynamic look up of those episodes of the show that will be airing later today. There is also a summary by state. And, if you ever miss a broadcast, there is usually streaming video of that show (five or six minutes anyway); the entire streams are always available to students, insiders, and fellows. Collaboration is part of the future and changes the television model entirely.

Each week we build out the Streaming Video Library for every episode of the show, every segment, and every key point. As the show goes to the satellite for broadcast, it also goes to the lab to be digitized and streamed on the web. Every word is analysed and contexted. Our knowledge management tools and natural language queries of the entire database are evolving.

Please note: The broadcast schedules do not include every station in the USA and Canada where the show airs. Several PBS-member stations that carry the show are rebroadcast on Dish Network and DirecTV and the show is re-aired on both. Several of our PBS-university licensees also distribute the show via cable and PubTV and TV Guide do not pick these up. The show is also dubbed in different languages and aired in China, Mongolia, Russia, Latin America (3500+ cable stations), Poland and the United Arab Emirates. These global schedules will someday be posted dynamically by those who broadcast the show.

Increasingly this lower righthand part of a web page will have four active options:
» Watch an episode: Look at the schedule of broadcasts, watch the episode as streaming video at the same time it is being broadcast somewhere in the world, then join their collaboration event after that episode has aired. Although the discussion will be about local issues (as related to the content of the show), it will be hosted by key thought leaders and small business advocates within that designated market area (DMA).
» Join/Post. Join a discussion group about that content of a web page on this site, or post a time to host such an event. You'll be able to join a discussion group about the content of any page you find interesting, even if it is your own page! Essentially these are small collaboration events, very particularized by interests and participation.
» Collaborate within the weekly scheduled events with one of the hosts of the show, one of the stars of an episode of the show, or with a nationally recognized small business advocate.
» Research for a business owner or those business owners with whom you would like to transact business.

4. Foundations: Case Study Guides - Questions & Answers. We are always in search of concepts and behavior, and information - knowledge - insight - and - wisdom, which seems to be universally true, ethical, and makes the world a better place. (more about Foundations)

This evergreen content becomes our case study material and these case studies appear in many of today's best-selling college business textbooks. We began doing these case studies in 1994 as part of the curriculum circulated by PBS every week to every college and university in the USA.

Systems: Systems philosophy, how everything is connected to everything, guides the thinking about the architecture and design of this website.

Model: The four-box model which is our logo and was earlier used as a web navigation tool (sample) is actually the four base units within an octahedron. It represents the first step to go inside that most basic structure where a basic one-to-many relation is defined. It is being used as a design architecture.(Tell Me More)

Database: Our biggest strength has become our weakness. We have virtually no control over the WebSphere DB2 database. But, that is changing!

Today, there are four different indexes to take you to complete list of episodes of the show:

1. Owners name
2. Business name
3. Business type
4. Listings by state

There are basic documents about Small Business School:

1. Open Letters: "Join your public television!"
2. Our mission statement
3. The Name: Small Business School
4. Our Story

Your comments and suggestions are always welcomed!