OCTOBER 1, 2026 • BMO CENTRE CALGARY

Conference Overview

Three disciplines. Six tensions. One day in the room where they get worked through.

Where Prairie Value Gets Built

The strongest companies are not built around a single outcome. They are built around optionality.

At TechExit.io, that understanding has a framework. Three disciplines:

1. Operational Architecture · How value gets built
2. Acquisition Literacy · What acquirers actually think
3. The Power to Choose · How you stay in control

October 1 puts six questions Prairie founders are working through right now into one room. Every session maps to one of the three.

What are you building toward?

Every conversation at TechExit.io starts with a founder tension.

The New Reality Of Value Creation

AI is changing software economics, growth assumptions, and what defensibility looks like. Hear from founders adapting as markets shift and old assumptions break.

This is operational architecture. The foundational work that decides what a company is worth before anyone runs a process.

Check Out These Sessions:

SaaSpocalypse & The New AI Reality
Building Companies Through Uncertainty
The Prairie Playbook for Value Creation

Optionality: Won Or Lost

The strongest companies create leverage long before a decision needs to be made. Hear how timing, profitability, and strategic positioning shape future choices.

This is the day’s anchor on the power to choose.

Check Out These Sessions:

Optionality: Won or Lost
Public vs Private Capital
Liquidity Pathways

Inside The Buyer Mindset

Strategic buyers, PE-backed acquirers, and corporate development teams all evaluate companies differently. Learn what drives interest and where value gets created.

This is acquisition literacy. The competency most founders only build after their first deal.

Check Out These Sessions:

Strategic Buyers vs PE-Backed Acquirers
Value Creation Beyond Exit

Deals Behind Closed Doors

The mechanics of transactions are changing. Earn-outs, escrow structures, diligence surprises, and founder disputes often reshape outcomes.

If you’re staring at an earn-out you don’t fully understand, or worried about what diligence will surface, this is acquisition literacy at its most tactical.

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