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U.S. court approves settlement awarding $1B interest to U.S. Nortel bondholders

A U.S. court has approved a settlement that would make Nortel Networks' U.S. bondholders eligible to receive...

Ottawa firms play small but key roles in historic landing on comet

Two Ottawa companies were bursting with pride Wednesday after playing small but important roles in the historic...

Organizers hope for record attendance of 1.5 million at 2015 Women’s World Cup

The Canadian Soccer Association is already turning its attention to next year's FIFA Women's World Cup, and...

Ontario judge OKs up to $122.66 million for creditors of Nortel’s EMEA unit

An Ontario judge overseeing the Canadian portion of the Nortel Networks bankruptcy has approved a settlement on...

Settlement reached with Nortel Networks’ former overseas operations

A settlement has been reached with one of the international divisions of Nortel Networks over their piece...

Nortel’s former European operations may be near a settlement in bankruptcy trial

A settlement over how to divide up a portion of the US$7.3 billion made from the sale...

Minor problems with vehicles could soon be fixed through cloud systems: QNX

Trips to your local mechanic might become less frequent as new technology develops that could make it...

BlackBerry strikes three year mobile payment agreement with EnStream

BlackBerry has struck a three-year mobile payment agreement with EnStream, a joint venture between Canada's three biggest...

Ottawa Business Journal>Technology BlackBerry boss ’80 per cent’ sure company will survive

BlackBerry chief executive John Chen says the chances of the struggling smartphone maker surviving have improved and...

Google to build self-driving car

Google plans to build and launch onto city streets a small fleet of subcompact cars that could...
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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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