Des Moines It's not every week that you get the chance to have Ashton Kutcher on your podcast. Not to be overshadowed by the big interview, after its conclusion we recorded the final episode of PrairieCast (queued up in the video above) where Danny Schreiber, Andy Brudtkuhl and I look back on everything that was PrairieCast. A huge thanks to the more than … read more

Des Moines Join us at 1 p.m. (special time!) for Episode 80 of PrairieCast, the final episode of our weekly webcast that we launched in February 2010. Our guests will be Ben Milne (far left) of Dwolla – he was our first PrairieCast guest – and Danny Schreiber (near left) who leads our newsroom team. In addition … read more

Des Moines Join us tomorrow at 1 p.m. (special time!) for Episode 80 of PrairieCast – the final episode of our weekly webcast series that we launched in February 2010. Our guests will be Ben Milne (far left) of Dwolla – he was our first PrairieCast guest – and Danny Schreiber (near left) who leads our newsroom team. … read more

Des Moines Our guest this week was Drew Larson, attorney at BrownWinick, who joined in for a discussion of Ames-based WebFilings, next week's i2iowa event, tomorrow's Startup Job Crawl and the Big Omaha 2012 speaker lineup. We also announced that our next episode on Tuesday, April 10 would be our last regularly … read more

Des Moines Tune in at 2 p.m. CDT for Episode 79 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. We'll be joined by guest Drew Larson (left), an attorney at BrownWinick, to talk about the latest events and news from the regional startup community. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, for which a group of entrepreneurs gather to discuss current issues in technology and business that relate to the startup community on the Silicon Prairie. PrairieCast is hosted by Andy Brudtkuhl … read more

Des Moines We'll be taking this week off from PrairieCast because our producer is on a call to do his civic duty as a Polk County juror. But below you can find last week's show with John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte and Sam Schill of Shoplr and Sigler Companies. PrairieCast is a live podcast, recorded weekly, for which a group of entrepreneurs gather to discuss … read more

Des Moines This week on PrairieCast, Sam Schill of Shoplr and Sigler Companies and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte joined us to look back at South by Southwest Interactive and to discuss the Startup Act. This week's Fast Four covered DoodleCloud’s Kickstarter campaign, Dundee VC’s investment in David Cohen’s new fund, AgLocal's challenge to live up … read more

Des Moines Tune in today 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 (far left) and John Jackovin of BettrLife and Bawte (near left). Discussion topics will include the big takeaways from South by Southwest Interactive and … read more

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

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