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The early conference season - a recap

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Ryan Schreiber - Chief Growth Officer - Metafora - Austin, TX

What did you learn?
  • A lot of optimism about the second half.
  • A lot of talk about continued investment in tech
  • Seems to be the consensus that rates are close to the bottom.
  • Everyone reminding everyone that the cycle is just returning to normal

    • What were the key themes of the conferences?

    • Given it’s a bank in conference, lots of conversations about M&A. A few things that I saw
    • Lots and lots and lots of strategies better looking to do add-ons over the next 6-18 months.  If you’re a $2M-$15m ebitda business there are lots of prospective buyers.
    • Private equity firms are being cautious about what day B deploy. Those that are early in their investment cycle or invested heavily, those that are later stage are pulling back given the current rate environment.
    • Resetting expectations but Optimism nonetheless
    • Impact of next gen tech - ai and autonomous (when not if)
    • Driving insights to customers
    • Still an appetite for M&A
      • Key takeaways from the events?
      • Conflicting views on 2023 outlook
      • Resetting expectations

        • What are you most excited about coming out of BGSA?

        • The desire to explore more newer applications of tech in theri business.
        • Critical mass of tech adoption
        • Tech is not about replacing people it’s about doing more with the same about of people

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