Talking with Blake Jennelle of 645 Ventures & DuckDuckGo

On this chaotic episode, we talk with the lovely Blake Jennelle - one of the first hires at DuckDuckGo, the search engine that emphasizes protecting privacy. As Jeff notes, Blake "could've done whatever," but he decided to move to Asheville and is now mentoring and serving as CTO at 645 Ventures.

Additionally, we discuss Duck vs. Goose, Chai vs. Matcha and spice things up with a tech-focused edition of Seed, Shop or Shutter (like, Shut Her Down)  - another of Jeff's puns. Have you seen the title of this podcast?

Check out our April Fool's Coworking video.

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Talking 'Ship is hosted by Jeffrey Kaplan, the Director of Venture Asheville, a program of the Asheville-Buncombe Economic Development Coalition and the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce.

This episode was recorded on March 22, 2023.