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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…
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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 …
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Iowa senator’s ‘hold’ endangering Startup Visa Act
As Iowa Gov. Terry Branstad attends the National Governors Association meeting in Washington, DC, today, some key startup legislation is currently being held in the Senate Judiciary Committee by fellow Iowa Republican, U.S. Sen. Charles Grassley. “I think we are really looking at about a six week window for Congress to act,” said Cameron Cushman,…
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Tej Dhawan reflects on the inaugural Iowa Startup Fair (Video)
As we reported in a story published Thursday, more than 400 people attended Iowa’s first Startup Fair, held Wednesday evening in six venues across the state. Designed to create valuable connections between the startup and broader business communities, the free event included exhibits from more than 100 …
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Startup Fair draws 100 exhibitors, more than 400 visitors across Iowa
Given the record temperatures on the last day of January, Tuesday evening’s Iowa Startup Fair could probably have been held outdoors at the state fairgrounds. But since meteorologists’ predictive powers are still far short of Nostradamus, the crowd at StartupCity Des Moines, Amici and other area locations would have to just crack some windows to…
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PrairieCast with Tej Dhawan and Emma Peterson (Video)
Tej Dhawan of Startup City Des Moines and Emma Peterson of Tikly were our guests today on PrairieCast where we talked about Shannon Thomas and Kenny Younger’s Startup Weekend Love Story, RecBob’s Startup Weekend “launch” in Cedar Rapids and Dusty Reynolds’ question, “can entrepreneurship be taught?” We also looked back at the …
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m. with Tej Dhawan and Emma Peterson
PrairieCast Episode 69 will come to you live today at 2 p.m. The show will feature Tikly’s Emma Peterson (far left) and Startup City Des Moines’ Tej Dhawan (near left). We’ll chat about Startup Weekend’s love story, Dusty Reynold’s question, “can entrepreneurship be taught?” and more. PrairieCast is a live, weekly podcast for which a…
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PrairieCast: Live at 2 p.m Tuesday with Tej Dhawan and Emma Peterson
PrairieCast Episode 69 will come to you live Tuesday at 2 p.m. The show will feature Tikly’s Emma Peterson and Startup City Des Moines’ Tej Dhawan. We’ll chat about Startup Weekend’s love story, Dusty Reynold’s question, “can entrepreneurship be taught?” and more. Did you miss the last show? Never fear! Watch the archive: “PrairieCast with…
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PrairieCast with Nathan T. Wright, Tej Dhawan and Danny Schreiber (Video)
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…