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Hosted by Geoff Wood and Andy Brudtkuhl

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Starting A Consulting Company and Productizing A Service With Guest John T Meyer

South Dakotan and SPN contributor John T Meyer joins us in episode 19 to talk about his social marketing company and how they've productized their services into YellowSandbox.

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From A Basement In Ames, IA To $100 Million - The Chegg Story With Guest Aayush Phumbhra

Our guest this week is Aayush Phumbhra, the co-founder of Chegg.com a Silicon Valley company that started at Iowa State University. You may remember it as "CheggPost.com" from back in the day in Ames. Chegg is described as "netflix for textbooks" and one of the most successful (at least in terms of VC dollars raised) startups to come out of a dorm room at Iowa State.

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Quit Your Job And Do What You Want With Guest Annie Sorensen

Annie Sorensen joins us in episode 17 to talk about how she quit her job to follow her passion - and how she shares that passion with the world through social media.

Week In Review

PrairieMoves Series Launched

SPN Store Needs Help

SPN Video now iFriendly

ScoreYard Launches Social Media Platform For Sports Teams

Stacking Up: Hayneedle

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Social Entrepreneurship With Guest Andy Stoll - Episode 16

In our 16th episode we bring you some amazing stories from social entrepreneur Andy Stoll. We talk to Andy about his social entrepreneurial incubator in Iowa City called "The James Gang" that started while he was a student at the University of Iowa. Andy also tells us about his adventures around the world on a 3.5 year solo tour through 37 countries.

And last Andy talks about The World Tri - a worldwide triathalon by Des Moines' Charlie Wittmack... Andy's job? To use technology and internet tools to tell the story along the way..

Tune in to this fascinating story...

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Profitable Niches With Guest Brian Kaldenberg - Episode 15

In our 15th episode of PrairieCast we have Iowa City entrepreneur Brian Kaldenberg of Kaldenberg Consulting on to talk about a few of his endeavors. We'll talk about GameRosters.com - an NCAA football video game rosters product whose niche market has over 20,000 customers. Then we'll dive into another niche business that didn't quite succeed as much - selling video game controllers online. And last we'll dive into Brian's latest venture - a proofreading service called ProofReadingPal.com.

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Back At It With Guest Dusty Davidson - Episode 14

After a few week break for conferences, sickness, moving, and living the entrepreneur life we are back with Episode 14. Dusty Davidson joins us to talk about the news on the prairie, Big Omaha, and TEDx Des Moines.

Week-ish In Review

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Big Omaha! With Guests Jeff Slobotski and Dusty Davidson - Episode 13

It's Big Omaha week! And to discuss what it's all about we have the Omahaeans (is that right?) behind it on to talk about this "culmination of the amazing entrepreneurial energy taking place within the Midwest". In epsiode 13 Geoff and Andy talk to Dusty Davidson and Jeff Slobotski about the event, how they put it together, who is speaking, and what it means to the Silicon Prairie.

We even make them tell us which speakers they are looking forward to the most!

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Hatchlings And Social Gaming With Guest Brad Dwyer - Episode 12

In episode 12 we have collegiate entrepreneur Brad Dwyer on to talk about how he developed his social gaming application Hatchlings on the Facebook platform - all while a student at Iowa State University.

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Here's Geoff's SPN interview with Brad.

Silicon Prairie News Week In Review

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TEDx Des Moines With Guest Alexander Grgurich - Episode 11

In the 11th episode of PrairieCast we talk to Alexander Grgurich of Foundry Coworking about TEDx Des Moines.

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What is TEDx Des Moines?

Creators, catalysts, entrepreneurs, artists, technologists, designers, scientists, thinkers and doers from central Iowa will gather on Sunday, May 16th to share what they are most passionate about — positive ideas for the world from Des Moines.

When Is TEDx Des Moines?

Sunday, May 16 2010

Where?

State of Iowa Historical Building
600 E Locust Street
Des Moines, IA 50309
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The SmartyPig Story With Guest Mike Ferrari - Episode 10

In episode 10 we talk to Mike Ferrari, co-founder of SmartyPig, about starting and growing his company - from idea to implementation and all the headaches along the way. This is a fantastic story and a must listen!

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