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Local tech firm gets payroll rebate from Nova Scotia agency, could create 40 jobs at its Halifax office

Nova Scotia's business lending agency is giving a payroll rebate worth up to $520,000 over five years...

Sens rank 18th on Forbes list of most valuable NHL teams

The Ottawa Senators' value dropped seven per cent in the past year, according to the annual Forbes...

Shopify, Uber to offer local same day package delivery in 3 American cities

Shopify and Uber are working together to offer same-day local delivery starting today in three major U.S....

Shopify CEO Lutke keeps close watch on NDP’s stock options promise

Shopify Inc. chief executive Tobias Lutke is keeping a close watch on an NDP election pledge that...

Shopify raises its profile in Waterloo with larger office, plans to hire

Shopify Inc. is raising its profile in Waterloo with plans to hire more people for a larger...

Shopify adds ‘buy now’ button for Twitter users

Twitter users soon will be able to shop with a new "Buy Now" button from the e-commerce...

Shopify shares surge after it teams up with Amazon to help online merchants

Shares of e-commerce startup Shopify Inc. surged Thursday after the Ottawa-based company announced it was teaming with...

QNX founder and CEO Dan Dodge to step down from BlackBerry

The head of BlackBerry subsidiary QNX is retiring from the company he helped found by the end...

IBM to pay $1 billion for medical imaging firm Merge Healthcare in bid to expand Watson

IBM says it will pay $1 billion to acquire medical imaging and software company Merge Healthcare, part...

Senators owner Melnyk discharged from hospital after successful liver transplant

Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has been discharged from a Toronto hospital after undergoing a successful liver transplant...
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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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