A business family's enterprise

is all about keeping the family harmony and enhancing the family's capital.

All family businesses start

from an entrepreneurial dream that grows and develops from one generation to the other.

Transitioning the family business

from one generation to the next is one of the most critical challenges of family business dynamics.

Family Business is a Family Journey,

it involves all family members across generations.

Business families are busy families.

They need the educational support to help them address business, family and ownership issues.

Happy business families don't just happen.

They require time together to reflect and discuss.

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What we do

We produce and distribute multimedia assisted educational material for business families.

BFF and its Affiliates offer you powerful educational experiences that help family enterprises address their unique challenges. more

The BFF Mission

Empowering entrepreneurial families to address & resolve their issues.

Empowering entrepreneurial families and those who advise them to address and resolve their issues and, in so doing, help them grow. More

BFF University Affiliate Centres

Instituto de Familias Emprendedoras
Universidad Virtual del Tecnológico de Monterrey (comprises 5 regional Centres for Family Enterprise)
Mission Facilitate the birth, development, growth, consolidation and succession... MORE
Latest News - 2011-02-28
Launch of first educational animated feature on ‘Celebrating Business Families’.
Co-partners Tecnológico de Monterrey and Business Families Foundation are proud to launch their first...
Business Families Centre (BFC) at the Richard Ivey School of Business
The University of Western Ontario
Our mandate focuses on a three-pronged approach to business families: study,... MORE
Latest News - 2011-01-01
The Business Families Centre at Ivey hosts its annual program for Leading Family Firms
The Business Families Centre at Ivey is pleased to host its Fourth Annual Leading Family Firms (LFF) program...
International Business Families Centre
HEC Montreal / McGill
Our mission The International Business Families Centre offers bilingual... MORE
Latest News - 2010-12-03
The CIFA International Business Families Centre at McGill HEC hosts an exhaustive seminar on succession.
This intensive program for families in business addresses the issue of succession over a total of 6 days of...
Alberta Business Family Institute (ABFI)
University of Alberta
The Alberta Business Family Institute (ABFI) was conceived from the... MORE
Latest News - 2010-06-28
$25,000 competition aims to grow rural entrepreneurship
ABFI is proud to be a partner in the Perfect Pitch.  $25,000 is to be awarded in an exciting and...
Business Families Centre at Sauder School of Business
University of British Columbia
Vision Healthy families and successful businesses for multiple generations.... MORE
Latest News - 2011-01-12
Business Families Centre features an exciting series on Family Enterprises in the Globe and Mail
Business Families Centre has developed a series of insightful articles on best practices in family businesses...
Centre for Family Business and Regional Prosperity
Dalhousie University
The Centre for Family Business and Regional Prosperity is dedicated to the... MORE
Latest News - 2010-09-30
BMO Financial Group has generously donated $1.5 million to support the Centre for Family Business and Regional Prosperity
BMO’s donation, which demonstrates its commitment to family and small business, will support operational and...