Drew Larson

  • PrairieCast video: WebFilings, i2iowa & last episode announcement

    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 …

  • Breaking down the Iowa angel tax credit

    During the 2011 legislative session, the Iowa General Assembly approved an annual $2 million allocation of state tax credits for investments in qualifying businesses, often referred to as angel tax credits. On March 15, 2012, the Iowa Department of Economic Development released the application form for the credits. However, for investments made in 2011, the…

  • PrairieCast with Sam DuRegger, Tej Dhawan and Drew Larson (Video)

    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 Drew Larson couldn’t wait to drop his knowledge of the subject on our audience. Actually, that’s not true. After learning that Larson was planning a…

  • Quick Pitch: Finalize It simplifies merger and acquisition documents

    For attorneys at the heart of mergers and acquisitions or other financing transactions, paper is plentiful and tends to pile up in a hurry — hundreds of documents over the course of a deal, hundreds more emails per day in the run-up to closing. Finalize It is a cloud-based software service that aims to turn…

  • PrairieCast with Ben Milne and Drew Larson (Video)

    Andy was out this week so I handled hosting duties all by myself but it was made easy with two PrairieCast veterans in studio: Ben Milne of Dwolla and Drew Larson of BrownWinick. Discussed this week: Kauffman: Express Your Pledge and Be Entered for A Chance to Win a Big Omaha Ticket, Kauffman Foundation gives…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 1:30 p.m. with Ben Milne and Drew Larson

    Tune in today at 1:30 p.m. CDT for Episode 35 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Webcast One studios. We’ll be joined by guests Ben Milne of Dwolla and Drew Larson of BrownWinick. Discussion topics will include the Kauffman Foundation’s “Express Your Pledge” Big Omaha ticket giveaway, the Omaha Developer who won the Zappos API…

  • Thanks to BrownWinick, our RSS sponsor

    It’s no secret that a lot of our work at Silicon Prairie News is backed by sponsorships from companies and individuals around the country who believe in our vision of building community and elevating the Silicon Prairie region as a hub of entrepreneurship and innovation.

  • PrairieCast with guests Zach Cox & Drew Larson

    This week on PrairieCast, our guests discussed the proposed Angel Investment Income Tax Credit in Nebraska, similar resources available in Iowa, the one year anniversary of Silicon Prairie News in Des Moines, Proxibid, Xuba, Jeff Slobotski’s post on Wild, Naive Ambition as well as the 8/7 Central article in Juice. Guests this week were Zach…

  • PrairieCast streaming live at 1:30 p.m. CST – Canceled

    Update: Due to technical difficulties at the studio, PrairieCast will be filmed and then posted later this week. It won’t be live-streamed as usual. – Tune in at 1:30 p.m. today for Episode 21 of Silicon Prairie News’ weekly podcast, PrairieCast. Now streaming with live video…