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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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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Winners will be announced live on stage at
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