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
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
November 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Lava Row's Nathan T. Wright and Startup City's Tej Dhawan are back for this week's PrairieCast where we talk about Des Moines' Startup Job Crawl, Zaarly's Bo Fishback on the Cover of Entrepreneur magazine, tech blogger turnover, Ben Milne's national TV debut and the unfortunate state of health insurance for startup companies. PrairieCast is a live … read more
November 22, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines Tune in today at 2 p.m. for Episode 63 of PrairieCast, streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office at the south end of Des Moines' Silicon Sixth Avenue. Today's guests are Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Tej Dhawan of StartupCity Des Moines … read more
November 2, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines After two weeks off for Thinc Iowa (me) and a new baby (Andy), we're back with episode 60 of your favorite weekly podcast: PrairieCast! During those two weeks of "down time," we came up with some new ideas for the show and we'll be rolling them out over the next several episodes. First and foremost, we're going with a more consistent cast … read more
April 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Indianola Simpson College released a highlight video from last Saturday's Startup Storm event on the institution's YouTube channel. The video highlights the work of organizer Macy Koch, a graduating senior, and presents interviews with her and speakers Donni Alley and Ben Milne. Clips from Christian Renaud and Nathan T. Wright's presentations … read more
April 20, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Des Moines On this week's PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row and Uppward and Royce Haynes, a contributer to Silicon Prairie News in Kansas City. Discussed this week: 140 Characters Conference coming to Des Moines, A look back at Startup Weekend Kansas City and Startup Storm, The Greater Des Moines Partnership highlights Dwolla, Wichita's Jonathon George and Boxcar, Zaarly releases branding … read more
April 18, 2011 by Geoff Wood
Indianola This past Saturday I had the privilege to speak at Startup Storm, a first of its kind event put on by Macy Koch, a senior at Simpson College. The event, billed as "teaching and supporting innovation and entrepreneurial development," featured an opening keynote by Nathan T. Wright, founder of Lava Row and co-founder of Uppward, a closing keynote from Ben Milne, founder of Dwolla, and presentations in between by Donni Alley of Alley Design… read more