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Facebook earnings top expectations, but warns security investments will affect profitability

Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Wednesday that the company is serious about preventing abuse and that its...

Watchdog’s bread-price fixing probe ‘shocking’ and ‘bizarre,’ analysts say

Allegations of price fixing in the bread aisles of major grocers are "shocking" and "bizarre," analysts said...

Canada’s GDP shrinks 0.1% in August

The Canadian economy hit reverse in August, its first monthly pullback since October last year. "The amazing run...

Only five per cent of Canadian tech companies have female chief executives: report

A new report says just five per cent of Canadian technology companies have a female founder and...

Royal Canadian Mint says phoney gold bar was a counterfeit attempt

The Royal Canadian Mint says a phoney gold bar sold to a jeweller by an Ottawa bank...

WestJet third quarter profit up from year ago as it carries more passengers

WestJet Airlines Ltd. saw its third-quarter profit grow by about 20 per cent compared with a year...

Corona parent firm Constellation buys $245M stake in Ottawa-area pot firm Canopy Growth

Constellation Brands has signed a deal to acquire a nearly 10 per cent stake in Canopy Growth...

Liberals to delay billions in planned infrastructure spending

The federal Liberals plan to shift just over $2 billion in planned infrastructure spending to future years,...

Trudeau predicts new Stanley Cup monument will be major Ottawa tourist attraction

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau predicts a monument in Ottawa to the 125th anniversary of the Stanley Cup will become...

Five things to watch for in the Canadian business world in the coming week

Shopify's CEO addresses claims from what he called a "short-selling troll" and other stories to watch in Canadian business this week.
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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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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