Clyde is currently the co-founder and President of Randall Marketing Group (RMG). RMG is a leader in the field of training financial service agents. Currently RMG has over 100 financial advisors in exclusive territories though out the U.S. The company’s advisors were responsible for over 130 million in sales of securities and insurance products in 2009.
Clyde is the author of "Common Sense Revisited" which has sold over 60,000 copies and been read by thousands more as it is given away free on his website. He is the co-author of "Restoring the Heart of America, a Return to Government by the People". He was the Libertarian candidate for Governor of Iowa in 2002. He was also elected as a delegate to the Continental Congress held in St Charles IL in 2009.
Clyde also was elected to the Republican state platform committee for the state of Iowa in 2008. Clyde is also a professional speaker. During his speaking career he has covered a variety of subjects including the full development of human potential, the history of the income tax, and the fraudulent approval of genetically engineered food by the FDA.
He was the co-founder of the Fairfield, Iowa constitutional study group, a successful program dedicated to educating the community on the founding principles of our country. He has been active in the movement to eliminate the federal income tax for over 18 years. His educational work helped to create a huge victory for Ron Paul in Jefferson County, one of only two counties to be a clear win for Paul over all Republican candidates in the 2008 primary.
He has been the founder or co-founder of seven successful companies. He was the founder, President, and Chairman of the Board of United Investment Groups Inc. (UIG). In conjunction with UIG, Clyde was the General Partner of twenty-three limited partnerships, including real estate, research and development (R&D), and wind energy syndications. The common theme of each R&D partnership was a focus on environmentally friendly, socially conscious products. In 1986, Conscious Investors, ltd. named Clyde the "First Socially Conscious Venture Capitalist" at their international symposium on Conscious Investing in Estes Park, Colorado. UIG was the third largest company in the U.S. developing privately registered R and D limited partnerships from 1982 to 1985.
Clyde was directly responsible for the development of the first two golf infomercials ever produced. "Prior to the 'Putt to Win' infomercial, no one thought that a golf club could sell through this mass marketing medium. Clyde proved the industry experts wrong. Twice. He has had a profound impact on the entire infomercial industry." Tim Hawthorne, Chairman, Hawthorne Direct; Co-Founder, Electronic Retailing Association.
Clyde and his wife Debby have been married for over 40 years. They have four children and six grandchildren. They lived in Fairfield, Iowa from 1982 to 2009. They are now residents of Florida. Clyde has a bachelor's degree in Political Science from Indiana State University.
Environmental Biography
Clyde first became interested in environmental issues in the late 1960's while a student at Indiana State University. His focus, at first, was government-oriented solutions to environmental issues. It didn't take long for him to realize the power of the individual in making changes. It also became apparent to him that one person, acting with persistence and passion, has the ability to make a big difference. It was this understanding that eventually led him to the concept he later named "environmental entrepreneurialism."
Clyde knew that after earning his degree he wanted to be involved in an effort that improved our environment. He found that opportunity with Atlantic Richfield Co. as an Automotive Ecologist. The position afforded him an opportunity to educate the public regarding an issue of great environmental importance… auto emissions. The job involved traveling the country, going to colleges and towns, testing carbon dioxide and hydrocarbon levels in cars for free, and then adjusting carburetors to reduce emission levels and increase gas mileage. While doing the testing, he educated the drivers about the environmental impact of keeping their car tuned properly. When the ARCO project ended he worked for non-profit organizations for several years that were dedicated to maximizing the full potential of each individual… and again he found connections between his studies and the environment.
In 1978, with a growing family Clyde became the broker and president of a real estate company. After organizing 14 partnerships and purchasing dozens of properties, he followed his dream and launched his own company. He started United Investment Groups (UIG) in 1980 with the intention of practicing environmental entrepreneurship, but at this point all he knew was real estate. The first break came in 1981, when the company was asked to fund a research and development partnership for a Japanese language typewriter. UIG raised $1.5 million in 4 weeks. Clyde now had a clear vision of the direction he would take UIG. The company immediately started looking for transactions that involved research and development companies that were positively impacting the environment.
They formed the following partnerships from 1982 to 1986:
United Wind Industries was funded with $600,000. This partnership purchased windmills for a wind generation farm in Palm Desert, California.
United Soil Technologies was funded with two partnerships, which raised a total of $6,000,000 in cash and long-term notes. This partnership funded a company called Soil Technologies in Fairfield, Iowa, which manufactured all natural cover crops for farmers, which contained various kinds of algae. The product had enormous ecological implications because the farmers were reporting a 95% reduction in chemical costs when using the product. They also reported increased yields and improved quality. The UIG sponsored partnership paid for the research and development necessary to increase the shelf life of the algae from 48 hours to 2 months. The R and D was successful and this company is still in business today. It is currently one of the leading companies supplying natural alternatives for all types of agricultural uses. Microp for golf courses is a product used by many of the nation's top golf courses.
United Fibertech Lmtd. was funded with $2.8 million dollars, which was awarded to Tetratech Industries of Austin, Texas for the research and development phase. Tetratech had a process and a machine that could take any fibrous agricultural waste product, such as wheat straw, and create building materials that could be used to build homes or office buildings. The end product was amazingly strong, pest resistant and fireproof. The ecological implications were enormous. The waste product used for the building board was usually burned, increasing air pollution, so the process had an immediate impact on air quality by using the waste material in a productive manner. The product had the potential of significantly reducing the demand for lumber.. It was an all natural product for the home; no chemicals were used in its production. Many homes were built around the country with Tetra board, including the office buildings Clyde and his partner built in Fairfield, Iowa in 1983.
United Magnetics Lmtd. UIG raised approximately $3 million dollars in venture capital in which funded Magnetics Research International. Their product was a highly innovative technology that made electric motors more ecological and energy efficient by using newly discovered principles of magnetism. The company operated as Magnetics Research International for 10 years and eventually sold its technology to a larger company.
United Investment Groups raised $3.5 million for 3 additional companies during this period, all of which performed R and D for computer related innovations designed to increase productivity. It was in 1986 that an international organization called Conscious Investors Lmtd. invited Clyde to an international conference on socially conscious investing in Estes Park Co. They honored him with an award entitled "The First Socially Conscious Venture Capitalist" for his work with United Investment Groups.
A few years ago Clyde became very concerned about Genetically Engineered foods. He felt immediately that taking genes from one species and forcibly inserting them into the DNA of a completely different species was a bad idea. The more he researched it the more he was convinced that this was an extremely dangerous technology.
He recently accepted an offer to be on the board of directors of the Institute for safe technology started by Jeffrey Smith, the most recognized speaker and author on GMO foods in the world.
Clyde and his co-host Todd McGreevy have a weekly radio show on the Republic broadcasting network. The name of the show is “Common Sense Revisited.”
Clyde is currently the co-founder and President of Randall Marketing Group (RMG). RMG is a leader in the field of training financial service agents. Currently RMG has over 100 financial advisors in exclusive territories though out the U.S. The company’s advisors were responsible for over 130 million in sales of securities and insurance products in 2009.