Best Ottawa Business Awards

Don’t forget: The BOBS are fast approaching, time to get your tickets

The annual Best Ottawa Business Awards will be held Thursday, Nov. 24 at the Westin Ottawa. This...

Pat Butler named 2022 Lifetime Achievement Award winner

For someone with such a successful career, Pat Butler seems to have effectively flown under the radar. But this has certainly not hindered the advancement of his company.

Nominations now open for Best Ottawa Business Awards

The awards highlight the innovation, leadership and success of dozens of companies in Ottawa and recognize organizations that are driving economic and community growth. 

CFO of the Year: Vanessa Kanu

The Ottawa-based finance executive who orchestrated the largest tech IPO in TSX history has been awarded the...

High-tech rock star: Ottawa’s CEO of the Year John Sicard is a man on a mission

The firm that couldn’t crack $10 million in annual sales when its CEO arrived is now projecting revenues of at least $220 million in the current fiscal year.

‘We are on the world stage’: How John Sicard built Kinaxis into a global software leader

In part two of our CEO of the Year profile, Kinaxis's boss talks about how his upbringing made him resilient and why diversity in the workplace is so important.

Watch: Ottawa’s biggest celebration of local business

Unlike the glitzy gala of years past, this year’s version of the Best Ottawa Business Awards will happen virtually – but a celebration it will be.

Best Ottawa Business Awards nominations now open

Annual awards spotlight the region's top local companies and entrepreneurs.

How Giant Tiger and its founder Gordon Reid thrived across a lifetime of retail

When the retail behemoth known as Walmart took Canada by storm in the mid-1990s, it sent shudders...

Bruce Linton, Terry Matthews entertain crowd at Best Ottawa Business Awards

Quality mentorship and family ties were major themes of the evening at the 2018 Best Ottawa Business...
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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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