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Business Development in AI Paradigm Shift

How AI is reshaping growth, relationships, and the future of business development.

Live Online General Audience / M&A Advisors / Business Operators
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Overview

About This Session

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.

What You Will Learn

  • How AI is changing customer expectations, competitive dynamics, and business-development practices
  • Where AI can create the greatest value across research, prospecting, qualification, and relationship management
  • How to identify high-potential market segments and opportunities more efficiently
  • How to combine AI-generated insight with human expertise, judgment, and trust
  • How to improve messaging and personalization without sacrificing authenticity
  • How to evaluate AI tools based on business value rather than novelty
  • How to establish responsible workflows, oversight, and quality controls
  • How to build a practical 90-day roadmap for AI-enabled business development

Who Should Attend

General Audience
M&A Advisors
Business Operators

Session Agenda

00:00 – 00:10

The AI Paradigm Shift in Business Development

How buyer expectations, competitive dynamics, and commercial workflows are changing.

00:10 – 00:25

Opportunity Discovery and Market Intelligence

Using AI to identify attractive segments, emerging needs, and high-potential opportunities.

00:25 – 00:40

AI-Enabled Prospecting and Personalization

Improving research, qualification, outreach, and relevance without sacrificing authenticity.

00:40 – 00:55

Designing the Human-AI Workflow

Combining automation with judgment, relationship-building, and accountable decision-making.

00:55 – 01:05

Governance, Metrics, and the 90-Day Roadmap

Selecting practical use cases, establishing controls, and measuring commercial value.

01:05 – 01:15

Live Q&A

Questions, practical applications, and next steps.

Session Schedule

Business Development in AI Paradigm Shift

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Wednesday, October 21, 2026 at 12:00 PM EDT – 1:15 PM EDT · 75 minutes

Speakers

Alexander Suvorov

Alexander Suvorov

Founder & Managing Principal, SBC Capital

Alex leads SBC Capital's long-term acquisition strategy in the lower-middle market.

Why This Session Matters

Institutional rigor

Actionable frameworks

Market-relevant insight

Practical execution