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
October 5, 2011 by John T. Meyer
Sioux Falls In less than a month, Sioux Falls will be the gathering spot for the eighth annual Innovation Expo, taking place Wednesday, Nov. 2 at the Ramkota Hotel and Conference Center. The Expo, which is hosted by Enterprise Institute, a non-profit that provides business development and services to individuals and startup companies, brings together inventors, researchers and entrepreneurs … read more
August 21, 2011 by Michael Stacy
Santa Monica Will we witness the start of another Zaarly story tonight? Only time will tell if any of the teams at the current Los Angeles Startup Weekend can chart the same trajectory as Zaarly, the proximity-based, real-time, buyer-powered market founded by a team led by Kansas Citian Bo Fishback. Zaarly won LASW in February, closed a $1 million seed round … read more
August 19, 2011 by Danny Schreiber
Santa Monica In the latest travelogue of the globe-trotting Silicon Prairie News team (well, not quite "globe-trotting" yet), I've landed in the City of Angels to attend this weekend's Startup Weekend event at Coloft. While this is purely a personal trip on my personal budget … read more
August 3, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines We had a few technical issues getting the podcast running this week, and the first few minutes are missing from the archive above. We pressed on undeterred and had a great conversation with Josh Fleming of Lessing-Flynn and VineMe as well as old favorite Danny Schreiber, managing editor of Silicon Prairie News. … read more
August 2, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines We'll be live today at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 49 of PrairieCast with guests Josh Fleming from Lessing-Flynn and Silicon Prairie News managing editor, Danny Schreiber (left, photos from twitter.com/joshfleming and twitter.com/dannyaway). We'll be talking with Fleming about his project, the Lessing-Flynn Battle of the Brands … read more
July 19, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, we had Nate Becker from SHift and Uppward – in town for the week from Brooklyn, New York – as our first in-studio guest in the new configuration for the show. Additionally, Danny Schreiber, Silicon Prairie News's managing editor Skyped in from Omaha. Discussed this week "Silicon Prairie Feedback List, Version 1.0" … read more
July 19, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Today at 2 p.m. CDT we're excited to have Nate Becker, the fourth and last member of the Uppward founding team to appear on PrairieCast, join us in our Des Moines studio for episode 47. Nate, who lives in Brooklyn, New York, works remotely with both Uppward and SHift. We'll be talking about Dwolla founder Ben Milne's post that "starting a business in Iowa ... isn't hard", 9 Blue Labs debut, Syncbak's Series B funding and more. Silicon Prairie News managing editor, Danny Schreiber, will also pop in via skype to talk about the fast blossoming Silicon Prairie Feedback List initiative. … read more
May 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by Danny Schreiber, Robert Murphy, Andy Stoll and Shane Reiser, who offered their reactions to last week's Big Omaha. Also, we're evolving PrairieCast and would love to have your input. Please fill out this quick, three-question survey … PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded … read more