Omaha On account of some technical difficulties, our latest Weekly Wrap-Up video is hitting the site a tad later than normal. So we'll put function over form here and eschew our usual attempts at WWU humor in favor of a more utilitarian introduction: Jeff and Dusty hosted. (Insert current events joke here.) It was our 105th episode of the WWU. (Insert Ke$sha/Lady Gaga/'90s hip-hop reference here.) Good? Good. Now, let's move on. Before you embark on the new week, here's what … read more

Des Moines Episode 54: The one where we gave away Startup Weekend Tickets – This week on PrairieCast our guest was Ben Milne, CEO and co-founder of Dwolla, who made his way down the stairs of the Midland Building to join us for the third time on the show. We talked about Dwolla's latest technology releases and Milne's upcoming travels to conference in Europe … read more

Des Moines Kick off your short Labor Day work week the right way with episode 54 of PrairieCast coming to you live at 2 p.m. CDT. Our guest will be Ben Milne, (left, photo by Anna Jones) CEO and co-founder of Dwolla, who is making his way six entire floors down in the Midland Building to join us on the show for the third time. We'll be talking about Mike Naugton's guest post about startups versus internships, a big milestone for Battle Bears and the winner …  read more

Omaha With Michael out of the office today, I'm pinch-hitting as the author of today's Weekly Wrap-Up, which means the witty commentary is also absent, but a simple list of topics discussed is still present. Mentioned this week: Jeff out in San Francisco at Salesforce’s Dreamforce Conference, Following the news on Michael Arrington and his recently announced CrunchFund - techmeme.com … read more

Des Moines We're looking for feedback on PrairieCast! What do you like about the show? What would you like to see changed? Send an email to geoff@siliconprairienews.com or leave a comment on the post. Just hours after the announcement that Brittany Mascio was joining the Silicon Prairie News team full time, she joined me, Andy and Justin Schoen … read more

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 53 of PrairieCast, streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News offices in Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Justin Schoen of eComegy and SPN intern Brittany Mascio. Topics will include last week's Dwolla meetup, coworking across the region and the Hudl presentation at Cornstalks. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, that features round table-style discussion of the top issues in startup culture … read more

Omaha Jeff and Brittany took the reins and talked about the rains — and Hurricane Irene, and a bevy of other weather-related subjects — today on the 102nd episode of the Weekly Wrap-Up. Jeff, who shall henceforth be known as our chief meteorologist/community builder was, as always, abuzz about the latest in atmospheric activity and gave his customary Jim Flowers shout-out. Which begs the question: Jim, what's it going to take to get you to do a guest spot on our weekly broadcast? As far as we know … read more

Des Moines Always planning ahead, Andy prepared our 52nd episode since I was scheduled to spend the week across the street as a dutiful juror at the Polk County Courthouse. However, the trial wrapped a good 20 minutes before showtime, so I jumped in the second chair to join guests Norah Carroll of Lava Row and Mike Colwell of the BIZCI and StartupModels.com. … read more