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3807_0a23776cb1_small March 19, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 78 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Sam Schill of Shoplr and the Sigler Companies and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte. Discussion topics will include the big takeaways from SXSW and the Startup Act. Did you catch our last episode, featuring Iowa Economic … read more

3752_c2e6904f7d_small March 7, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This week Iowa Economic Development Authority's Brian Waller and our own Danny Schreiber joined us to talk about Capricorn Investment Group's $5 million investment into Omaha's Bloom.com as well as to preview the Silicon Prairie region's involvement in South by Southwest Interactive. Also, check out the video that Startup Weekend … read more

3749_e9f79cc4c4_small March 6, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 77 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by Brian Waller of the Iowa Economic Development Authority and our own Danny Schreiber to talk about Bloom's big funding and to preview the Silicon Prairie's involvement in South By Southwest Interactive this weekend. Did you miss last week's show? Check … read more

3738_753ee96123_small March 5, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our events page for a calendar of upcoming … read more

3707_dd2e0b363f_small February 29, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines On this week's episode, Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Andrew Kirpalani of Ensighten joined me to discuss the upcoming Startup Weekend in Des Moines and the Startup Visa legislation currently in Congress and Iowa Senator Grassley's role in the process. This week on the Fast Four it was @DHH gone racing, the Big Omaha teaser website launch …  read more

3704_32538522d9_small February 28, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 76 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Andrew Kirpalani of Ensighten. Discussion topics will include Iowa political ties to the current Startup Visa legislation and this weekend's Startup … read more

3699_1df6dca17b_small February 27, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in tomorrow at 2 p.m. for Episode 76 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines (far left) and Andrew Kirpalani of Ensighten (near left). Discussion topics will include Iowa political ties to the current Startup Visa legislation and … read more

3691_ef666c0c82_small February 27, 2012 by Brittany Mascio

Every Monday, look for our events post to keep you in the loop on the happenings of the week. From meetups and conferences to workshops and pitch sessions, if it's happening in the Silicon Prairie, you'll find it here. For more, visit our … read more

3668_de9a200dc9_small February 22, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines This week we were joined by two guests, old friend Chris Burns of West Des Moines-based Shift and PrairieCast first-timer Jimmy Winter of Omaha's VoterTide. We discussed recent news related to VoterTide as well as Fast Company's "Most Innovative" list which included two startups with Silicon Prairie ties, Dwolla and Zaarly. This week on the Fast Four … read more

3663_7c5e725412_small February 21, 2012 by Geoff Wood

Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 75 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in downtown Des Moines. We'll be joined by guests Jimmy Winter of VoterTide and Chris Burns. This week we'll talk with Winter about VoterTide's recent news as well as look into the Silicon Prairie companies that … read more

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