PrairieCast

Episodes

1. 28

   PC69: The one where the sign fell off the wall

   Jan 10, 2012
2. 27

   PC68: The one where we look backwards and forward

   Show notes 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...

   Jan 4, 2012
3. 26

   PC67: The one with ugly Christmas sweaters

   Dec 20, 2011
4. 25

   PC66: The one with a live studio audience

   Dec 14, 2011
5. 24

   PC65: The one where the panel wears v-neck sweaters

   Untitled This week we introduce three things on the show: a new sponsor (Delta Dental of Iowa), a branded pre-roll "stinger" (introduction to the show) and new lower thirds (that image at the bottom of the video with our names). PrairieCast is growing up! We discussed Dwolla's decision to cut…

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   Dec 7, 2011
6. 23

   PC64: The one where we talk legislation & whiners

   Untitled Not one, not two, but three guests on this week's PrairieCast. When he heard that the "stop online piracy act" (SOPA) was on our discussion list for the week, BrownWinick's own Drew Larson couldn't wait to drop his knowledge of the subject on our audience. Actually, that's not true.…

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   Nov 29, 2011
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   PC63: The one where we mention Al Roker

   PC63 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, Bo Fishback on the Cover of Entrepreneur magazine, tech blogger turnover, Ben Milne's national TV debut and the unfortunate state of health...

   Nov 22, 2011
8. 21

   PC62: The one where we talk startup dress code

   Our guests for this episode where Emma Peterson of Tikly and the Des Moines Register's Adam Belz. Our discussion centered on lots of events like Startup Weekend Kansas City and the winner Horsebot3k, the upcoming Barcamp Des Moines and tonight's Startup Job Crawl. We talked about Dwolla's recent...

   Nov 15, 2011
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   PC61: The one where Jordan makes a quick exit

   Three firsts in this week's episode: Sam DuRegger of Charming Beard Productions joins us as a guest, we celebrate a guest's birthday on the show, and the same guest makes a quick exit moments later (due to what turned out to be some first time pregnancy jitters - it happens to the best of us). It...

   Nov 8, 2011
10. 19

    PC60: The one where we wonder about our Hudl t-shirts

    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. Guests today…

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    Nov 1, 2011
11. 18

    PC59: The one where we talk about FDR's VP, Henry A. Wallace

    This week on PrairieCast, Erin Ginkens from Entrepreneurial Technologies joined us in studio and Nick Seguin of the Kauffman Foundation skyped in admist the fun that is Chicago Ideas Week. We talk about several serious entrepreneurial topics and I get to drop at least one of my signature "Geoff...

    Oct 12, 2011
12. 17

    PC58: The one where we talk every product launch but iPhone 4S

    Fresh off his experience launching T8 Webware's new Grip product at at Finovate, the startup's CEO Wade Arnold joined us for this week's PrairieCast to talk about the growth of his company, their produt strategy, recruiting strategy (see that devs and data scientists - T8 is hiring now!) and, as...

    Oct 4, 2011
13. 16

    PC57: The one where Geoff skypes in from Kauffman

    This week on PrairieCast we turn the model on it's side! Andy and our guest Tej Dwahan of Startup City Des Moines are live in our studio in the Midland Building and I join via skype from the Kauffman Foundation's headquarters in Kansas City. Dwahan's incubator project is close to launching and he...

    Sep 29, 2011
14. 15

    PC56: The one where everybody got funded

    This week our guest on PrairieCast is Brian Hemesath the Des Moines-based serial entrepreneur who has founded five companies including Catchwind, VolunteerLocal and Notifyworks. Hemesath previewed his BIZ Luncheon Series presentation on lessons learned while bootstrapping his startups. Stay tuned...

    Sep 22, 2011
15. 14

    PC55: The one where we talk football and startups

    This week on PrairieCast our guest is David Graff, CEO and co-founder of Hudl, the Lincoln-based sports technology venture that now provides video software to more than one third of all high school sports teams in the US. Graff is one of our most anticipated guests for the show and we took...

    Sep 14, 2011
16. 13

    PC54: The one where we give away Startup Weekend tickets

    This week on PrairieCast our guest was Ben Milne, CEO and cofounder of Dwolla, who made his down the stair of the Midland Building to join us for the third time on the show. We talked about Dwolla's latest technology releases and Milne's upcoming travels to conference in Europe before launching...

    Sep 7, 2011
17. 12

    PC53: The one where we talked about Justin Timberlake and Adele

    About Creator: SPN Created: August 31, 2011 Description Just hours after the announcement that Brittany Mascio was joining the Silicon Prairie News team full time, she joined me, Andy and Justin Schoen of eComegy for this week's PrairieCast. Copanies discussed: Dwolla, Vault Coworking, Meso...

    Aug 31, 2011
18. 11

    PC52: The one where Geoff had jury duty

    Always planning ahead, Andy prepared our 52nd episode since I was scheduled to spend the week across the street as a dutiful juror at the Polk County Courthouse. However, the trial wrapped a good 20 minutes before showtime, so I jumped in the second chair to join guests Norah Carroll of Lava Row...

    Aug 23, 2011
19. 10

    PC51: The one where Michael went all Don Johnson

    This week West Des Moines attorney Rush Nigut, founder of NotifyWorks joined us in studio and Michael Stacy, Silicon Prairie News editor, skyped in from Omaha. We also put out an offer to startups far and wide to drop off their swag for the PrairieCast set. If you have something fun or funky...

    Aug 16, 2011
20. 9

    PC50: The one where we turned five-o

    For our 50th birthday episode we decided to push the envelope and try two guests in studio for the first time.Jake Kerber, CEO of Locusic, and Chris Conetzkey, editor of the Des Moines Business Record, both joined us as PrairieCast newbies for a great discussion. Discussed: Business Record look…

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    Aug 9, 2011
21. 8

    PC49: The one with no beginning

    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 ofLessing-Flynn and VineMe as well as old favorite Danny Schreiber, managing editor of Silicon...

    Aug 3, 2011
22. 7

    PC48: The one were everything goes perfect

    Our guest this week on PrairieCast was Willis Jackson, the other part of SPN's contributer team in Kansas City. We talk with Willis about his new startup, ShownHome, his role as contributor Silicon Prairie Startup Digest, and the other current news out of the Kansas City community. Discussed:...

    Jul 26, 2011
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    PC47: The one with Danny's floating head

    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: Silicon...

    Jul 19, 2011
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    Jul 12, 2011
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    Jul 5, 2011
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    Jun 28, 2011
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    Jun 21, 2011
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    Jun 14, 2011