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Ottawa-based Shopify finds Canadians don’t think Ottawa is entrepreneurial

A new survey conducted by Shopify purports a booming entrepreneurial spirit across Canada, though it seems few...

Ottawa’s You.i TV expands market offerings with Samsung platform

Samsung has officially approved the You.i Engine as a solution for developing apps on its Tizen TV...

L-Spark opens applications for Fall 2017 accelerator cohort

If your software-as-a-service startup is getting the insatiable itch for growth, L-Spark wants you. The Kanata-based accelerator has...

L-Spark opens applications for Fall 2017 accelerator cohort

If your software-as-a-service startup is getting the insatiable itch for growth, L-Spark wants you. The Kanata-based accelerator has...

Video: Ottawa museums’ steampunk gala adds art to STEM through augmented, virtual realities

The Canada Science and Technology Museums Corp. is putting a steampunk flair on its inaugural gala this...

Stop making excuses and start solving people’s problems: Venture capitalist

  Facebook Embedded Video Player The cofounder of San Francisco-based GrowthX Academy delivered a decidedly analog message to hundreds...

TEDx Kanata: Canadians failing to tell our own tech success stories

Digital storyteller Melanie Coulson took to the TEDx Kanata stage this spring to, what else, tell stories. As...

Video: AccelerateOTT MC Susan Richards dishes on Ottawa startup growth

  Facebook Embedded Video Player With preparations wrapping up for this Thursday's AccelerateOTT, Invest Ottawa's flagship entrepreneurship conference, Techopia Live...

Ottawa earnings week: Who’s up, down, firing and acquiring?

Shopify: (TSX:SHOP): $116.90, up 12.53% on the week (NASDAQ:SHOP): $85.48, up 12.55% on the week The Ottawa e-commerce giant’s 2017...

Video: Move-in day at Innovation Centre for new Startup Garage cohort

  Facebook Embedded Video Player On Monday's Techopia Live, the University of Ottawa's new Startup Garage cohort put down...
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The narrative surrounding the Canadian tech sector often focuses on boom-and-bust cycles, brain drain, or the historical demise of past giants. But the numbers tell a different story. Driven by evolutionary waves from telecommunications to software-as-a-service, quantum computing, and artificial intelligence, the national technology ecosystem has quietly produced remarkable long-term enterprise value. New research shows that Ottawa tech unicorns have produced at least one billion-dollar firm every single decade, making it the highest per-capita producer of unicorns in the country. Moreso, local tech ventures account for a staggering three-quarters of all-time wealth creation in Canadian tech history, driving $1.4 trillion in wealth over the past 36 years. In this episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran celebrates Ottawa Innovation Week by speaking with tech veteran Sasha Gera, chief operating officer of HealWell AI. Gera shares his research and insights from his newly launched ledger, Unicorn North, highlighting how Ottawa stacks up against other major Canadian cities and why it remains the most productive, distraction-free destination for building sustainable, hundred-year companies. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 02:22 Introducing Sasha Gera 14:45 Sponsor Segment 17:57 Innovation Week 25:15 Closing and What’s Ahead at OBJ For more on Ottawa’s tech and innovation scene, visit https://obj.ca/techopia Subscribe to Techopia’s weekly newsletter here: https://obj121.activehosted.com/f/5
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