Geoff Gay
CEO
Athabasca Basin Development
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Discover Actionable Growth & Transition Strategies from Top Entrepreneurs
Since 2015, the Business Transitions Forum has been guiding entrepreneurs through comprehensive growth strategies and ownership transitions, including opportunities for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to enhance shareholder value.
Join top entrepreneurs and North America’s leading experts to:
- Increase market share and shareholder value
- Identify growth and scaling opportunities
- Understand the acquisition and sale process
- Assess if M&A is the right growth path for your business
- Implement actionable strategies to elevate your business’s value at any stage in your transition journey
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Featured 2026 Program
A full day of conversations for owners thinking seriously about growth, acquisition, leadership, and transition.
Hear how entrepreneurs, investors, and advisors approach the decisions that shape enterprise value and long-term optionality.
Hear From BTF Alumni
As a first-time attendee, BTF was the perfect starting point. The forum gave me a clear understanding of the landscape and how to prepare early.
BTF connected me with the right advisor at exactly the right time. That relationship directly led to a successful sale of my business in 2025.
BTF was my first real deep dive into business transition and growth pathways. The insights helped me think differently about value creation.
You want to come to this conferences years in advance of wanting to sell, because you want to be thinking about how to build your business, you want to be meeting the strategic partners who may help you.
I think BTF does a great job of really setting the tone of community, connection and really making sure entrepreneurs feel supported.
It’s a very welcoming conference, and a conference that anybody can just approach anybody and strike up a conversation.
I wished I had of participated in something like this before we transacted.
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The BTF Insider
Gain expert insights, success stories, and practical resources to drive business growth and navigate transitions.
The Hardest Part Of Scaling Isn’t The Business. It’s The Founder.
Natasha Vandenhurk
Founder & CEO, Three Farmers Foods,
Most businesses don't stop growing because they run out of opportunity. They stop growing because the leadership that built the business isn't the leadership the next stage requires.
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Eight Years Before The Deal
Chris Bachinski (GHY International) & Rob Normandeau (SeaFort Capital)
Successful transitions rarely begin when an owner decides to sell. More often, they begin years earlier through decisions about leadership, succession and growth.
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Steve Belyea On Building A Business Worth Buying
Steve Belyea
Co-Founder & CEO, Victory Advanced Technologies Inc. (Sold BASE Engineering)
When Steve Belyea started BASE Engineering, he had little more than an idea and a single customer. Over the next three decades, he built the company into a global business serving customers in 28 countries, completed two successful exits, and learned some expensive lessons along the way.
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