January 3, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines We had a full house this week on PrairieCast with Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City Des Moines' Tej Dhawan in studio and our own Danny Schreiber on Skype. We took a look back at both the top posts of 2011 as well as the most popular ones and gave our predictions on what will come to be in 2012. While you're watching the show, take a quick … read more
January 3, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in at 2 p.m. today for a PrairieCast to ring in the New Year! Our guests for Episode 68 are Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright, Startup City Des Moines' Tej Dhawan and our very own Danny Schreiber. We'll talk a bit about the year that was in 2011, preview what we expect to see in 2012, and discuss other hot topics of … read more
January 2, 2012 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. today to ring in the New Year on PrairieCast! Episode 68 will feature Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright, Startup City Des Moines' Tej Dhawan and our very own Danny Schreiber. We'll talk a bit about the year that was in 2011, preview what we expect to see in 2012 and discuss the other topics of the week (other than the Iowa Caucuses). Did you miss the last … read more
December 27, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines PrairieCast is off this week for the holiday break, but on behalf of co-host Andy Brudtkuhl, producer Jon Thompson and everyone on the Silicon Prairie News team, we'd like to thank you for a great year of the show. We launched PrairieCast as an audio-only podcast in early 2010 and did 19 episodes throughout the year. This year made a lot of changes, committing to a weekly schedule and moving to live video. We overcame a hurdle or two … read more
December 21, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we trotted out our favorite ugly Christmas sweaters. Rather, Andy brought his out, our guests Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla donned very shiny Christmas vests and I went with the more conservative ugly Christmas sweater T-shirt. We covered a lot of Dwolla … read more
December 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us today at 2 p.m. for the last PrairieCast of 2011! Episode 67 will feature Dwolla's Jordan Lampe and Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright. We'll be talking about Dwolla's big announcement last week, Forbes.com's roundup of startup scenes around the U.S., Sean Blanda's guest post on pitching your startup to the media and more. Also, it might just be ugly Christmas sweater day on the show. Shhh! Did you miss last week's show? It was our first with … read more
December 19, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. Tuesday for the last PrairieCast of 2011! Episode 67 will feature Dwolla's Jordan Lampe and Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright. Did you miss last week's show? It was our first with a live studio audience! Check it out here: "PrairieCast with Scott Case, Emma Peterson and Jordan Lampe (Video)". Have you liked PrairieCast … read more
December 14, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines We're unveiling a new feature today called Newsmakers, a video series and podcast taking you behind the headlines with the individuals making news in the Silicon Prairie. Our first newsmaker is Ben Milne, co-founder and CEO of Dwolla, an online cash transfer company based in Des Moines. Just a little more than two years to the day, Milne sat … read more
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