Silicon Prairie News

Weekly Wrap Up
3309_d08443e98e_small December 14, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines One of the best TV shows of all time began each episode with one of the series regulars doing a voice over "Cheers is filmed before a live studio audience," (in my head, it's Cliff Clavin saying it) and for the first time we can claim the same for PrairieCast! In addition to the audience, we had three guests on today's panel, Scott Case of the Startup America … read more

3303_7985b6c151_small December 13, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines There's been a late addition to today's show! Scott Case, CEO of the Startup America Partnership and one of our Thinc Iowa speakers, will join us live at 2 p.m as a bonus guest! Case is in town as part of the StartupIowa launch today. Previously announced … read more

3295_579b3d5252_small December 12, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. Tuesday for Episode 66 of PrairieCast. Tikly's Emma Peterson is back for a second week and Dwolla's Jordan Lampe returns just two days ahead of Dwolla's big Thursday night meetup/announcement. Did you miss last week's show? Then you missed our new show stinger and graphics. They are impressive - see them here: "PrairieCast with Emma Peterson and Sam DuRegger (Video)". While you're at it, why not give us a "like" on the PrairieCast Facebook page at facebook.com/prairiecast. … read more

3276_3fbdb3d5ac_small December 7, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This week we introduce three things on the show: a new sponsor (Delta Dental of Iowa), a branded pre-roll "stinger" (introduction to the show) and new lower thirds (that image at the bottom of the video with our names). PrairieCast is growing up! We discussed Dwolla's decision to cut fees on transactions less than $10, the Silicon Prairie News mention … read more

3269_f6450f0b3b_small December 6, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tikly's Emma Peterson and Charming Beard Production's Sam DuRegger join us live at 2 p.m. for Episode 65 of PrairieCast. This week we welcome a new sponsor to the show: Delta Dental of Iowa. Delta Dental recently kicked off a new focus on providing to entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the state. Thanks Delta Dental of Iowa for your support of Silicon Prairie News and entrepreneurs in Iowa! And, that's not it for changes starting with this week's show – tune in and see for yourself. … read more

3254_424cb79533_small December 5, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tikly's Emma Peterson and Charming Beard Production's Sam DuRegger join us live tomorrow for Episode 65 of PrairieCast. This week we also welcome a new sponsor to the show: Delta Dental of Iowa. Delta Dental recently kicked off a new focus on providing to entrepreneurs and small businesses throughout the state. Thanks Delta Dental of Iowa for your support of Silicon Prairie News and entrepreneurs in Iowa! You can always watch the archive of last week's show here: "PrairieCast …  read more

3233_3f58db643c_small November 29, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Not one, not two, but three guests on this week's PrairieCast. When he heard that the "stop online piracy act" (SOPA) was on our discussion list for the week, BrownWinick's Drew Larson couldn't wait to drop his knowledge of the subject on our audience. Actually, that's not true. After learning that Larson was planning a seminar to address the topic … read more

3230_7471fbdb30_small November 29, 2011 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Join us at 2 p.m. today for Episode 64 of PrairieCast streaming live from our offices in downtown Des Moines. Our in-studio guests are Sam DuRegger (far left) of Charming Beard Productions and Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines (photos by Anna Jones/Ikonix via flickr.com). Discussion topics include what's next for Silicon Sixth, this weekend's Barcamp Des Moines, the current internet … read more

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