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Award Recipients

2010 California Family Business Awards

Find out why Betts Spring Company took top honors in our 2010 California Family Business Award.

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Application Form

Online application or printable PDF

Become a member of the Family Business Institute, and take advantage of the education and expertise we can offer your business.

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Member Profiles

Note From The Director

From George S. Vozikis, Ph.D.  
Reighard Chair of Management and IFB Director

Quote of the Day

Satisfaction does not come with achievement, but with effort. Full effort is full victory.

- Mahatma Gandhi

2011 Award Ceremony

Keep an eye on the events calendar for the 2011 awards.  Also check out the nomination form .
Membership

As a member in good standing of the Institute for Family Business, you will receive the following:

  • An electronic newsletter three times a year containing information related to family business issues
  • Access to a range of educational courses, training, and program seminars presented at our meetings by educators and family business practitioners
  • Membership in a regional network of family business owners which provides opportunities for strategic alliances and the exchange of ideas and solutions in a roundtable discussion format
  • A preliminary, overall consultation session with the Institute’s Director gratis

Membership is $600.00 per year for two family firm members.  For an application to become a member, please click here.

 

Topics that are discussed through these forums include:

Advisory councils
Business ethics
Business valuation
Compensation for family members
Conflict management
Creating productive roles for non active family members
Decision-making styles
Developing a vision for the family and the business
Establishing a family council
Family Meetings
Federal tax impact on family firms
Financing for growth
Group dynamics
Hiring and retention of non-family members
Instilling entrepreneurship spirit
Insurance planning
Improving customer service
Issues of successor development
Legal issues of interest to family firms
Long-term planning
Mentoring the next generation
Negotiation in the family business
Non-family managers
Nurturing of family values
Ownership and management boundaries
Performance appraisals
Researching new opportunities venture
Role of women in the family firm
Sibling rivalry
Sibling management teams
Successful multi-generational firms
Succession management
Transferring leadership
And much more!