David Sali

Dave is OBJ's senior features writer with two decades of experience in the newspaper industry working for a variety of publications from community weeklies to major dailies. He is a four-time award-winning journalist by the Alliance of Area Business Publishers (AABP). He has received awards for best news feature, best scoop and best overall writer among medium-sized business publications.

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Celtic House, Shopify’s Lütke among bevy of big backers for Canvaspop founder’s new venture

Nazim Ahmed lands $3 million in seed funding for platform to help entrepreneurs produce personalized products such as T-shirts and artwork that feature photographs provided by customers.

Head of the class: LearnExperts has high hopes for AI-driven course-creation software

Startup lands $1.25-million in seed funding for platform designed to cut the time it takes to create corporate training courses from months to days.

ExcelHR co-founder Kathryn Tremblay named Ottawa’s 2021 CEO of the Year

Altis-excelHR group of companies are on track to place more than 8,000 workers across Canada in 2021, and the firms’ combined revenues are expected to surpass $150 million.

Decisive move: Ottawa’s BriteSky and Decisive Technologies unite under one banner

Two companies merged effective Aug. 31 and will now operate under the name Decisive Group.

Carleton’s $65-million business school steps onto world stage

Lead architect and Carleton grad Doron Meinhard’s team from Toronto-based Hariri Pontarini Architects toured several business schools in Canada and the U.S. before crafting a curving design.

Can this Gatineau site support $1-billion of development?

“It all depends on what the community wants there and what we can actually achieve. There’s a lot of potential to this site.”

Ottawa’s travel ‘savant’ sells downtown agency to U.S.-based firm

Scott McCord's business has been the go-to agency for Parliament Hill staffers, civil servants and journalists in the nation’s capital for 22 years.

Carleton seeks to help ‘level the playing field’ for women in STEM with new mentoring program

Students will learn from established female tech leaders through virtual offerings that include industry talks, networking sessions and candid conversations.

Plantaform turns to well-known entrepreneur to help grow gardening tech startup

Multimillionaire Gatineau businessman Olivier Benloulou has become a significant investor and trusted adviser as young firm looks to crack retail market in 2022.