This year’s stage is stacked with entrepreneurs who’ve done it.
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VANCOUVER CONVENTION CENTRE WEST
Celebrating 10 Years of Actionable Growth & Transition Strategies
For a decade, the Business Transitions Forum has guided business leaders through pivotal moments of change, delivering strategies for growth, scaling, and ownership transitions, including opportunities in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) to maximize shareholder value.
In our milestone 10th year, we’re uniting an even more dynamic community of entrepreneurs and experts to shape the next decade of growth.
Join North America’s leading voices to:
- Increase market share and shareholder value
- Identify growth and scaling opportunities
- Navigate the acquisition and sale process
- Assess if M&A is the right path for your business
- Implement strategies to elevate your business’s value at every stage
Full-Day Conference
Half-Day Workshop
Add-On
Debby Carreau
2025 Conference Chair
Debby Carreau is a serial entrepreneur, author, and the Founder and CEO of Inspired HR, one of Canada’s top HR firms. A nationally recognized leader in human capital and workplace strategy, she has been named one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women four years in a row and is the youngest inductee into Canada’s Top 100 Hall of Fame.
Featured speakers
Learn from the best in the field
Hear from business owners and experts and learn from their experiences.
Hear From BTF Alumni
What I love about BTF is that it’s really that one stop shop for an entrepreneur.
Celine Bacani
Owner & CEO, Lee’s Donuts
The Business Transitions Forum have really fostered that sense of let’s share, let’s learn, let’s grow together and let’s help each other.
Tom Shepansky
Founder, Rethink Communications
BTF is a great place for business owners to potentially find people to buy their business.
I know I made a lot of mistakes and I wish I went to something like this in the past.
Grant Findlay Shirras
Co-Founder, Hylo AI & Director, Startup Grind Kelowna
The earlier you can come to a conference like this in your entrepreneurial journey the better.
Katie Bennett
Master Certified Forum Chair MacKay CEO Forums
October 28, 2025 • Vancouver Convention Centre West
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Every Path Is Different In A Business Transition
Today when someone refers to a tech startup, you may picture a young person sitting behind a computer writing code. But think again. After building and evolving her last business (FineLine Solutions) for more that 25 years, the time came in 2015 for Polly Craik to sell it to a much larger company that could take it to the next level.
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Who Is The Quarterback Of Your Business Transition?
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Visualizing A Business Transition Is The First & Most Important Step
As a lawyer, Jenny Tran is well experienced in the area of mergers and acquisitions and serving as general counsel to privately held businesses. Tran, based in Newport Beach, California, is a partner with the firm Stradling Yocca Carlson & Rauth.
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