We had a few technical issues getting the podcast running this week, and the first few minutes are missing from the archive above. We pressed on undeterred and had a great conversation with Josh Fleming ofLessing-Flynn and VineMe as well as old favorite Danny Schreiber, managing editor of Silicon Prairie News. Discussed: Battle of the Brands, Bitcoin, Dwolla, CaseSimple, Tom Chapman, Nebraska Global, Fat Brain Toys, and the Gigabit Challenge.

Our guest this week on PrairieCast was Willis Jackson, the other part of SPN's contributer team in Kansas City. We talk with Willis about his new startup, ShownHome, his role as contributor Silicon Prairie Startup Digest, and the other current news out of the Kansas City community. Discussed: Dwolla, Google Transit, Don't Panic Labs, Torsion Mobile and Golf Status.

This week on PrairieCast, we had Nate Becker from SHift and Uppward – in town for the week from Brooklyn, New York – as our first in-studio guest in the new configuration for the show.

 

Additionally, Danny Schreiber, Silicon Prairie News's managing editor Skyped in from Omaha. Discussed: Silicon Prairie News Feedback list, starting a business in Iowa, Adam Coomes, Zaarly, 9 Blue Labs, and Syncbak.