February 8, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Not one but two Mikes joined us this week on PrairieCast. Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone in Des Moines and Mike Ferrari, co-founder of SmartyPig (now Social Money Systems) both sit in to discuss the big news that broke early on show day, Dwolla's $5M Series B raise, as well as the recent news from SmartyPig including a name change … read more
February 7, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us live today at 2 p.m. for Episode 73 of PrairieCast. Our guests will be Mike Ferrari, co-founder of Social Money Systems, and Mike Colwell, director of the Business Innovation Zone. As you'd expect, we'll cover the news (not rumors this time) that just broke about Dwolla's investment round and also get the inside scoop from Ferrari about all the recent changes at his company. Have you checked out PrairieCast's … read more
February 6, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 73 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Our guests this week are Social Money Systems (née SmartyPig) co-founder Mike Ferrari (far left) and BIZ director Mike Colwell (near left). The big change at SmartyPig is tops on our agenda, and of course your favorite new segments Fast Four and Andy's Stat of the Week will be … read more
February 1, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we're joined by Marco Santana, The Des Moines Register's new technology and startup reporter, as well as our own Michael Stacy. We talked through all the news and notes from Pipeline's Innovator of the Year festivities and looked back on the Gigabit Challenge to discuss what it means to the region. This week in our new Fast Four … read more
January 31, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 72 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by Marco Santana, the new Des Moines Register startup and technology reporter, and our own Michael Stacy. We'll be talking about the Pipeline Innovator of the Year … read more
January 25, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast our guests were Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. It was great timing, as we chatted with Lampe and the rest of the panel about the rumors of a Union Square Ventures-led Series B funding round for Dwolla and also looked back at how the SOPA Blackout Day played out throughout the region. Additionally, we debuted … read more
January 24, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us live at 2 p.m. for this week's PrairieCast. Our guests include first-timer Sayer Martin of Sagacious, Inc. and returning guest Jordan Lampe of Dwolla. We'll be discussing the week's biggest stories including the SOPA/PIPA Blackout Day and the rumors that broke on Friday of an upcoming Union Square Ventures … read more
January 18, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, the panel's topic list included news from social beauty product engine Bloom.com and the social savings platform SmartyPig, the announcement of two statewide events in Iowa (Startup Fair and i2iowa) and a look at Sarah Lacy's new venture PandoDaily. This week's guests: Emma Peterson of Tikly, Sam DuRegger … read more