Andy Brudtkuhl

  • PrairieCast Video: Bloom.com’s $5.4m Series A, SXSW preview

    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 …

  • Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Brian Waller and Danny Schreiber

    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…

  • PrairieCast Video: Startup Weekend and the Startup Visa Legislation

    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…

  • Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Tej Dhawan and Andrew Kirpalani

    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 …

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Tej Dhawan & Andrew Kirpalani

    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 …

  • PrairieCast video: VoterTide and the Fast Company ‘Most Innovative’

    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…

  • Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Jimmy Winter and Chris Burns

    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…

  • PrairieCast video: foursquare in Des Moines, fiber in the Silicon Prairie

    This week we had two PrairieCast rookies on the show, OpenAir Equity Partners’ executive-in-residence Thad Langford and Drake University social media strategy instructor Chris Snider. We discussed the successful efforts of Snider’s class to procure a badge for Des Moines on the popular social platform foursquare, Langford’s investment in Kansas City-based …

  • Watch live: PrairieCast at 2 p.m. with Chris Snider and Thad Langford

    Join us at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. …

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. Tuesday with Chris Snider and Thad Langford

    Tune in Tuesday at 2 p.m. for Episode 74 of PrairieCast streaming live from Des Moines. Guests this week are Chris Snider, a multimedia journalism instructor at Drake University, and Thad Langford, the former president of Zave Networks and current executive in residence at OpenAir Equity Partners. …