With funding from the Rural Alberta's Development Fund, the Creating Pathways for Entrepreneurial Families project will provide business families in rural Alberta with the opportunity to obtain the resources, knowledge and skills needed to build on their successes at significantly reduced rates.

We offer

  • Reduced enrollment costs to rural clients.
  • Proven programming completely focused on addressing the unique issues facing entrepreneurial families
  • Experienced individuals sharing the successful practices of multi-generational business families
  • Integration of ground breaking research and top scholars in the field of family enterprise

Programs

  • Succession Planning
  • Family Leadership
  • RoadMap for Entrepreneurial Families
  • Family Advisor Presentations
  • Youth Programs
  • Financial, Legacy and Lifestyle Planning
  • Family Business Mentorship and Facilitation
  • ABFI Web Site Resources
  • Upcoming Events 

Now available in time for summer!

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Do You Combine Love & Work?

The most conservative estimates put the proportion of all worldwide business enterprise that are owned or managed by families between 65 and 80 percent.
"Gersick, Davis, McCollom, Hampton, Lansberg, 1997"

Run by Families For Families

The inspiration of the Alberta Business Family Institute evolved when a group of Alberta business families, members of the University of Alberta School of Business and founders of the Business Families Foundation identified and discussed the need to offer research-based educational programs to assist business families in Alberta. After considerable development this unique partnership now provides business families with the opportunity to obtain knowledge and skills needed to build on their success.

Did You Know?

When Freud was asked what he considered to be the secret of a full life, he gave a three word answer: "Lieben und arbeiten" (to love and to work). For most people, the two most important things in their lives are their families and their work. It is easy to understand the compelling power of organizations that combine both.
"Dreux 1990, 1992"

Sponsors

This project is sponsored in part by Rural Alberta's Development Fund, whose funding is provided by the Government of Alberta.Rural Alberta Logo