Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on February 22, 2016 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/ Jim  Ryan, I am super excited to be partnering with Silicon Prairie News this year and podcasting live from Infotec 2016.  Can you give us some details on the Conference this year? Ryan: Infotec will be Monday, March 21st in Omaha Nebraska. Every year

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on February 4, 2016 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/ Jim: Everyone seems to be putting an emphasis on staying hydrated these days, have you seen any new devices that would help with that? Ryan: HidrateSpark is one of the most exciting products to come out of Kansas City in the past year. They

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on January 19, 2016 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/ Jim: Ryan, I know that food waste in the world is a huge problem these day even with all our advancements in technology. Certainly there are people who are thinking about this problem and finding ways to address it? Ryan: One third of all

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on January 7, 2016 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/ Jim: hey Ryan, since we started SPN Minute started last fall, and we thought this would be a good time to take a look back at some of the stories from early in 2015 before we move forward to 2016.  How do you want

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on December 22, 2015 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/ Jim: I did a show on Home Gadget Geeks recently with Edward Weniger about the Bitcoin scene here in Omaha. Besides owing bitcoin, is there any other way for me to get involved in the Bitcoin movement? Ryan: So one of the virtues of

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on December 12, 2015 Subscribe on iTunes or https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/silicon-prairie-news-minute/id1056975082# Subscribe on Android or http://subscribeonandroid.com/theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/feed/ Find the complete show notes at https://theaverageguy.tv/category/spnm/   Jim: Ryan, two years ago I lost my dad and my Mom now lives alone in a retirement community.  She is on Facebook but are there better social options for her? Ryan: We recently covered a new startup in Omaha that’s working on

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on November 25, 2015 Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android Jim: I recently heard about this company called Invisible Girlfriend. Sounds a bit creepy. What can you tell me about this? Ryan: I had the chance to go to Saint Louis recently and sit down with one of the founders of Invisible Girlfriend(and its opposite, Invisible Boyfriend) which started as a bit of a joke.

Listen Mobile: The Silicon Prairie News Minute, featuring Ryan Pendell, the Managing Editor of Silicon Prairie News.  Host Jim Collison from theAverageGuy.tv – Highlighting the best startup news in Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas and Missouri.  Recorded on November 12, 2015 Subscribe on iTunes Subscribe on Android Jim: I’m looking for a new casual mobile game to eat up all that extra time that I have. Any suggestions? Ryan:  Well, if you’re looking for a new addictive game to kill some time, I’d recommend Udder Panic, a new mobile game from JB Gaming based in Omaha. In the game you play an

Listen Mobile:   Jim: Ryan, I know that we have come up will all kinds of high tech gadgets to keep our kids safe, but are there now devices for little baby pigs too? Ryan: Swineguard is a company that is currently going through the Iowa Startup Accelerator, and they are trying to solve the problem of mother pigs lying down on their babies. They actually have a device that listens to particular squeals from the pigs, and it then uses a belt to lift the mother up so the piglet can escape. http://siliconprairienews.com/2015/10/swineguard-protects-piglets-from-being-crushed-to-death/ Jim: How common is this problem?