If this is your first time here...

Please register and be our guest.  It is free for full access for a week, plus most of the site is free anyway!  Just fill in the form under Sign Up -- just to the right -- and you'll open up all the search tools. What you can learn from these folks could become a lifetime of benefits.

If you've come back to be part of the school...

The simple purpose of this school is to help people grow their business and their teams by studying best practices. It is also to help people start their business with realistic expectations. And, it is to help people make the transition to the next phase and chapter of life.

You are invited to become an associate today.  You  can:

»  Click here to sign up as a member company ($49) with full library access.

»  Click here for the reality check ($49) before starting a business.

»  Click here for guided studies to help you grow your business.

Always be in search of best practices in business

Small Business School is always in search of good stories about good people getting up from their failures,  being tenacious, finding formulas for success, and becoming gracious givers about it all.

To learn, to be inspired, to know others are struggling, too, this is the place to be.

If you would like a few reasons to register...

We can help each other.  Business calls us all to improve continuously.

     The best small business owners are always exploring, testing, and risking to improve
      their products / services to make this world a better place by reaching for higher perfections.

  •  People like Michael Novak. He caught the spirit best within this episode of the show.

  •  People like Chef Thomas Keller. On the homepage Hattie is just entering The French
      Laundry in Napa Valley to meet Chef Thomas Keller.  He talks about being broke, about
      two failures, about asking for help...To find out what moves Thomas Keller, click here.

Learn Best Business Practices from Each Others Successes and Failures

     Business is about creating and exchanging something of value.  The rest of it is exploitation.

If you just need more information...

  »  Read these three reasons.  And, on that page, check out the episode on the right.

  »  Check out the types of things you can do here as a business owner...

   »   Be part of a movement to reinforce business integrity. View five episodes (right column).