Family Owned Business Institute

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The Family Owned Business Institute's mission is to promote, preserve, influence, and impact family businesses through quality academic research, curriculum, and information services. This web resource is designed to serve the needs of family businesses, researchers and scholars in the field of family business.

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Information resource. The website is a convenient online repository for information and research relevant to family-owned businesses. 

Networking and community outreach. Through its involvement with The Family Business Alliance and the Center for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, the Institute contributes to the cross-sector cooperation that provides research, expertise, practice, and service delivery to family-owned businesses throughout West Michigan.

Research and scholarship funding. Family-owned businesses benefit from the research and curriculum development funded and supported by the Institute.

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Business Plan Competition

The next generation of entrepreneurs will put their ideas to the test, competing for cash prizes in Grand Valley State University's 5th Annual Business Plan Competition. Seven student entrepreneurs will put their innovative ideas to the test, competing for $10,000 in cash prizes and the opportunity to share their business idea. The event, sponsored by The Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation, is March 29 at 6 p.m. in the Loosemore Auditorium of the DeVos Center on Grand Valley's Pew Grand Rapids Campus.