The premier resource for family businesses

We provide family businesses with the tools to grow, engage, transition, and prosper through high quality education, networking, and collaboration.

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Family businesses are the backbone of society.

It takes hard work, persistence, and determination for family businesses to succeed. And yet, owners also have the unique challenge of overlapping family and business systems, resulting in dynamics unlike any other type of organization.

Prairie Family Business Association, the center for family business education in the Midwest, exists to help family business succeed for generations through quality education and networking.

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Recent News

Generations of entrepreneurs celebrate 95 years in family banking

Aug 31, 2021

Three generations look inside South Dakota’s oldest homegrown accounting firm

Aug 30, 2021

Prairie Family Business Association Executive Director Stephanie Larscheid One of Four to Win the Young Professionals Network 4 Under 40 Awards

Aug 12, 2021

Membership Benefits

Annual Conference

A premier educational and networking hybrid event featuring family business experts: April 28-29, 2022

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Networking

One of the top benefits of membership - connect with others who have similar work environments, learn from each other

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Affinity Peer Groups

Share experiences and learn from your peers in facilitated group discussion, seek advice on confidential issues and opportunities

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Upcoming Events

Family Business Webinar

When Enterprise and Family Needs Compete-The Benefits of Parallel Planning for Next Generation Owners

Friday, September 24, 2021
The way that next generation owners manage their family businesses can be impacted by unexpected factors. We’ll explore how business owners’ family culture around money and competence over their own personal finances affects business management style. Learn how next generation owners can break the money stigma, address generational money biases, and balance family financial needs with business needs through parallel planning.

Family Business Award

2021 Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award Social

Thursday, October 14, 2021
Join us in Fargo, ND to celebrate the winner of the Edward Shorma Excellence in Family Business Award, Western Products!

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Family Business Testimonials

We find the most value in the Affinity Peer Groups and the Annual Conference. The diversity of the companies involved adds so much value to a member. It’s hard to quantify the value of the PFBA; I can tell you that after four years of being in it I find myself asking how I could live without it.

Tiffany Anderson

A-Ox Welding Supply

It was good for us to review the history of our business together and put in writing what exactly had allowed us to be successful. It was a helpful exercise to specify our business’s goals and values.

The Brockelsby Family

Reptile Gardens - Rapid City, SD

The NextGen program could not have come at a better time. I took away invaluable information and real-life situations that I brought to my family and management team to prepare for our future

Erica Limoges

Limoges Construction - Sioux Falls, SD

PFBA has allowed our company to work through the tough topics in family business and has provided opportunities to network with others who are in the same situations. The PFBA is invaluable to a small family business.

Mallory Minor

Mills Property Management - Brookings, SD

If you are involved in family business, you can’t afford to miss their great conferences and events. It is never too early to start, and this will help move your family business in the right direction, it did with our family.

Jay Bender

Falcon Plastics, Inc. - Brookings, SD

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Ready to take the first step on membership? Or need more information? We'd love to chat with you more about the benefits your family business will receive.

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