Bring us with you to your next event
Open Ryfa at the next mixer, job site or community night. Share your card by QR, and everyone who saves it is logged with where you met.
NEW Ryfa Network just launched on iPhone & Android
Dobrodošli · Mirë se vini · Добре дошли
Download Ryfa, record a 60-second video that introduces you and your business, and start building your network with Balkan business owners across the US and Canada. It's free.
NEW Just launched
Ryfa isn't a directory of strangers. It's the tool in your pocket that helps you build your own network, one handshake at a time.
Open Ryfa at the next mixer, job site or community night. Share your card by QR, and everyone who saves it is logged with where you met.
Message your new connections, set up the coffee, and pick up right where you left off, whether you meet in person or online.
Start a group for your city, your community or your trade. Invite the owners you already know and grow it from there.
Jedna mreža · Një rrjet · Една мрежа
From the Bronx to Bevo Mill, from Mississauga to Metro Detroit, Balkan families already share neighbourhoods, customers and a handshake way of doing business. BABO gives that network the tools it was missing: a card you can share anywhere, a contact list that remembers how you met, and groups that meet on a schedule.
Naše zajednice · Our communities
Every community keeps its own name, language and traditions. BABO is where their businesses meet.
What you get on Ryfa
Business in our communities runs on a recommendation from someone you trust. Ryfa puts that in people's phones the moment you meet them.
Your photo, industry, contact details and a 60-second intro video, in your language, English or both. Share by link, QR code or Apple Wallet.
Each person you connect with is saved with where and when you met. No more mystery numbers in your phone.
See how many people viewed your card each week, so you know which events and outreach actually work.
Message your connections directly. Only connections can message you, so there's no spam.
Join or start groups that meet on a schedule: online, in person or both. Meeting links and member lists are for members only.
Invite-only spaces for boards, chapters, parishes and offices, with their own chat and meeting details. Never listed publicly.
How to start
Free on the App Store and Google Play in the US and Canada. It works on a computer too.
Add your photo, industry, contact info and a 60-second intro video, in your language, English or both.
Start a group for your city or community and invite the owners you know. Meet online, in person or both.
USA
Canada
Why BABO changed
After a long hiatus and a lot of change in the economy, we learned that a listing on a website wasn't what our business owners needed. What they needed was each other. So BABO is now a professional network on Ryfa, built for referrals, partnerships and real relationships.
Listings for the community to browse, with a form that waited for approval.
Professionals connecting, referring and partnering through cards, groups and chat.
Industries
Pitanja i odgovori · FAQ
BABO stands for Balkan-American Business Owners, a network for Bosnian, Serbian, Croatian, Albanian, Macedonian, Montenegrin, Slovenian and Bulgarian business owners and professionals across the US and Canada. The network lives on Ryfa Network, a free app with digital business cards, private messaging and local groups.
It was. BABO started as the Bosnian-American Business Owners directory, a place for the community to find professionals. After a long hiatus and a lot of change in the economy, we pivoted to professional networking: business owners and professionals connecting with each other, trading referrals and growing together on Ryfa. We also opened the network to the whole Balkan region.
Yes. Ryfa is free to join and available on the App Store and Google Play in both the US and Canada. It also works on a computer.
No. Ryfa has no feed and no ads. Only your connections can message you, and reporting and blocking are built in.
Probably not yet. Ryfa just launched, and that's the opportunity. Download the app, create your card and start the BABO group for your city or community. You set the schedule, online, in person or both, and invite the owners you already know.
Download Ryfa Network
Ryfa just launched. Bring it to your next event, share your card, and keep the conversation going on and off the app. Free to join.