00:00 – 00:10
The AI Paradigm Shift in Business Development
How buyer expectations, competitive dynamics, and commercial workflows are changing.
How AI is reshaping growth, relationships, and the future of business development.
Overview
Artificial intelligence is reshaping how companies identify opportunities, understand customers, develop relationships, and convert market insight into revenue. Yet adopting more tools does not automatically create a stronger business-development function. Sustainable advantage comes from combining AI-enabled capabilities with clear positioning, disciplined processes, and trusted human relationships.
This session explores how business leaders can adapt their growth strategies to the AI paradigm shift. We will examine where AI can improve research, prospecting, qualification, personalization, and decision-making—and where human judgment remains essential.
Participants will leave with a practical framework for integrating AI into business-development workflows while maintaining credibility, differentiation, and a clear focus on measurable commercial outcomes.
00:00 – 00:10
How buyer expectations, competitive dynamics, and commercial workflows are changing.
00:10 – 00:25
Using AI to identify attractive segments, emerging needs, and high-potential opportunities.
00:25 – 00:40
Improving research, qualification, outreach, and relevance without sacrificing authenticity.
00:40 – 00:55
Combining automation with judgment, relationship-building, and accountable decision-making.
00:55 – 01:05
Selecting practical use cases, establishing controls, and measuring commercial value.
01:05 – 01:15
Questions, practical applications, and next steps.
Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT – 1:15 PM EDT · 75 minutes

Founder & Managing Principal, SBC Capital
Alex leads SBC Capital's long-term acquisition strategy in the lower-middle market.