Category: Radio & Podcasts

Ryan Clark, Director of Sales at Veld Mergers & Acquisitions, participated in the Ask the Experts panel at the 2025 CABB Annual Conference in Santa Rosa, CA.

As one of the nation’s most active M&A intermediaries, Ryan and the Veld Mergers & Acquisitions team have facilitated more than 1,000 sell-side transactions, completed 350+ formal valuations, and conducted 5,000 informal valuations across a wide range of industries. With more than 23 years of hands-on experience, Ryan brings a grounded, analytical approach to guiding clients through lower-middle-market and main street business transitions.

During the panel, Ryan discusses:

• Key trends in today’s merger & acquisition landscape
• Preparing business owners for a successful exit
• Common valuation challenges and how to address them
• Strategies for maximizing deal outcomes
• Lessons learned from 1,000+ transactions

Ryan’s work is focused on helping business owners achieve exceptional outcomes through skilled negotiation, valuation expertise, and strategic planning.

Event: CABB 2025 Annual Conference
Santa Rosa, California
September 25–26, 2025

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Ryan Clark, an entrepreneur, former world-class athlete, and California’s most prolific business broker and Mergers & Acquisitions Intermediary. Ryan honed his sales skills while still in high school and went on to perfect them in college when he launched his firm – R.C. Enterprises, a national direct sales company. In 2003 he joined his childhood friends to launch The Veld Group. Within 3 years of heading The Veld Group’s Business Valuation and Business Brokerage divisions, Ryan established himself as one of the nation’s leading business brokers, and later Mergers and Acquisitions Intermediaries, by regularly selling 40 – 50 companies per annum. Don’t miss a thing on this. Tune in to learn more!