PrairieCast

  • PrairieCast with Emma Peterson and Adam Belz (Video)

    Our guests for this episode where Emma Peterson, founder of Tikly and Adam Belz, business reporter for the Des Moines Register. Our discussion centered on the many recent events across the Silicon Praiire, such as Startup Weekend Kansas City and the winner Horsebot3k, the upcoming Barcamp Des Moines and tonight’s Startup Job Crawl. …

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Emma Peterson and Adam Belz

    PrairieCast Episode 62 is coming to you live today at 2 p.m with guests Emma Peterson of Tikly and Adam Belz of the Des Moines Register. We’ll be talking about Horsebot3k’s big win at Startup Weekend Kansas City, tomorrow’s Startup Job Crawl in Des Moines and Dwolla blowing up the national media scene. Did you…

  • PrairieCast with Sam DuRegger and Jordan Lampe (Video)

    Three firsts in this week’s episode: Sam DuRegger of Charming Beard Productions joined us as a guest, we celebrated a guest’s birthday on the show and the same guest made 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…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Jordan Lampe and Sam DuRegger

    Today at 2 p.m. we’ll broadcast Episode 61 of PrairieCast live from our office at the south end of Des Moines’ Silicon Sixth Avenue. True to our promise last week of having a more regular group of guests, Jordan Lampe of Dwolla will join us for a second week in a row. Sam DuRegger of…

  • PrairieCast with Nathan T. Wright and Jordan Lampe (Video)

    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. First and foremost,…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Nathan T. Wright and Jordan Lampe

    Tune in today at 2 p.m. for the long-awaited Episode 60 of PrairieCast, streaming live from Des Moines. We’ve been off two weeks for Thinc Iowa, and we’re raring to go with our good friends Nathan T. Wright of Lava Row (left) and Jordan Lampe of Dwolla (photos by Anna Jones/Ikonix via flickr.com). On the…

  • PrairieCast: On hiatus one more week

    Well, we are past Thinc Iowa but still not quite ready to resume PrairieCast. I’ll save you the long and sordid tale, but it may have something to do with our camera and livestream equipment accidentally shipping back to the Omaha office this weekend. We’ll be back next week and better than ever. Why not…

  • PrairieCast is taking Thinc Iowa week off

    Episode 60 of PrairieCast will be delayed until next week. With all the logistics involved in getting the inaugural Thinc Iowa off the ground, we decided it’s best to hold off on producing a show this week. I do personally want to congratulate my co-host Andy and his wife Lindsay on the birth of their…

  • PrairieCast with Erin Ginkens and Nick Seguin (Video)

    Episode 59: The one where we talk about FDR’s VP, Henry A. Wallace – This week on PrairieCast, Erin Ginkens (left, photo from linkedin.com) of Entrepreneurial Technologies joined us in studio and Nick Seguin (photo from kauffman.org) of the Kauffman Foundation skyped in admist the fun that is Chicago Ideas Week. We talk about several…

  • PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Erin Ginkens and Nick Seguin

    Tune in at 2 p.m. for Episode 59 of PrairieCast streaming live from the Silicon Prairie News office in Des Moines. We’ll be joined by guests Erin Ginkens of Entrepreneurial Technologies and Nick Seguin of the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. Discussion topics will include the Thinc Iowa speaker schedule, Nebraska Global’s recent capital raise and…