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PrairieCast with Christian Gurney and Christopher New (Video)
On this week’s PrairieCast Andy Brudtkuhl and I were joined by guests Christian Gurney of Torsion Mobile and Christopher New of Event1Video and a contributor to Silicon Prairie News. Discussed this week: Archrival’s presentation at the Nebraska Summit on Entrepreneurship, TechStars Startup Madness tournament, SmartyPig CEO on working for a Silicon Prairie-based…
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PrairieCast: John T. Meyer on moving back to S.D., starting 9 Clouds & more
This week on PrairieCast, Andy Brudtkuhl and I chat with Silicon Prairie News’ very own Sioux Falls, South Dakota contributor, John T. Meyer. In addition to his South Dakota entrepreneurial coverage, John works with 9 Clouds, Inc, a social marketing consulting and product firm he started with his brother, Scott. We spoke with John about…
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PrairieCast: Aayush Phumbhra of textbook rental website Chegg
This week on PrairieCast our guest is Aayush Phumbhra, co-founder and senior vice president of Chegg, a Santa Clara, California-based company often described as the “Netflix of textbook rentals.” Aayush earned his MBA at Iowa State University in Ames and joined forces with the founders of Cheggpost.com, a local website focused on saving students money.…
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PrairieCast: Annie Sorensen discusses personal branding & more
This week on PrairieCast we’re joined by Annie Sorensen of AnnieSorensen.com. Annie had a desire to build a business around her passions and a brand around herself. To do so, she made the jump from her “corporate job” to the entrepreneurial world this past January. Annie is a native Iowan now based in Kansas City.…
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PrairieCast: Andy Stoll discusses social entrepreneurship & World Tri
Our guest this week on PrairieCast is Iowa City’s Andy Stoll, co-founder of social entrepreneurship incubator The James Gang and world traveler. Andy, who is an Omaha native, talks about his experiences with The James Gang, his recently completed 3.5 year adventure around the world and his upcoming project The World Tri. The World Tri…
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PrairieCast: Serial entrepreneur Brian Kaldenberg
This week on PrairieCast our guest is Iowa City-based serial entrepreneur Brian Kaldenberg (above). Brian has founded several companies including Gamerosters.com (which provides NCAA football video game rosters to more than 20,000 customer annually), ProofreadingPal (a proofreading service for the academic and business sectors), and…
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PrairieCast: Week in Review & Dusty Davidson in studio
After several weeks away, Andy and I returned to PrairieCast with guest Dusty Davidson in studio to reflect on Big Omaha and TEDxDesMoines as well as discuss other events coming up this summer. Each week on PrairieCast, we start with a Week in Review segment where we catch up on highlighted posts from the past…
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PrairieCast: Big Omaha co-founders Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson
It’s likely no surprise to the readers of Silicon Prairie News that our latest topic for PrairieCast is Big Omaha. We were able to grab some time late last week with Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson to discuss what we should expect from year two of the event, the speakers they’re looking forward to the…
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PrairieCast: Brad Dwyer of the Facebook app company Hatchlings
Our guest on PrairieCast this week was Brad Dwyer, the founder of Hatchlings, an online social game built utilizing the Facebook platform. Brad, a senior at Iowa State University majoring in computer science, is making a lot of waves in Central Iowa’s entrepreneur community. Most recently, he took home the award for the Student Innovation…
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PrairieCast: Alexander Grgurich of TEDxDesMoines
In the most recent PrairieCast, Andy and I talk with Alexander Grgurich, who is facilitating the first ever TEDxDesMoines. This event is a licensed, local iteration of the famed TED Talks series from California featuring local speakers intermingled with video presentations from past TED events. We discuss the recent speaker announcement, the process of securing…