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 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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