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‘They were there for me’: Chris Phillips talks mentorship at Big Brothers Big Sisters of Ottawa breakfast

The event, which involved more than 70 invited guests, was held at the non-profit organization’s gently used clothing boutique.

Op-ed: Patience is what mayor-elect Sutcliffe needs from our business community

The best thing our dynamic business community can do is be patient and give him what no opposing hockey coach would ever tolerate: space and time on his new ice, writes Walter Robinson.

Op-ed: Larry O’Brien offers some hard-earned lessons to Ottawa’s mayor-elect

Former mayor Larry O'Brien congratulates and offers advice to Mark Sutcliffe in this opinion column: "you have a very complex and demanding job in front of you."

Op-ed: Your vote helps build our city — literally

"We can be the city we want to be. But we can’t get there if we don’t vote," writes Toon Dreessen.

In the Dragons’ Den: No deal, but lots of lessons learned for Palapa Tours

"A question many ask us is, 'How did Dragons’ Den go?'  What they mean is … did you get a deal? Yes! We got a great deal! But it's not what you think."

In the Dragons’ Den: Lights, camera, action … it’s sink or swim for Palapa Tours

“Gaby, Mike, let’s get you hooked up with the microphones, you are up in 10 minutes.” In this segment, Ottawa entrepreneur Mike Karpishka describes facing the dragons.

Op-ed: Five reasons why Mark Sutcliffe gets my vote

OBJ publisher Michael Curran explains why he feels Mark Sutcliffe should be Ottawa's next mayor.

In the Dragons’ Den: There’s nothing like getting a scolding on national TV

"What we really need to focus on now is our numbers. What’s the ask? If it’s too high, you lose credibility. If it’s too low, the dragons may opt out because you lack sustainability."

Ottawa tourism staple plots ‘epic’ escape from pandemic blahs

Co-owner and vice-president of marketing, Steve Wilson, tells OBJ that Escape Manor is ready to get back to in-person business in a big way, thanks to a new “epic downtown location."

In the Dragons’ Den: Ottawa tiki-hut operators Palapa Tours get their pitch ship-shape

Ottawa entrepreneurs Mike Karpishka and Gaby Saucedo, who made the cut for this season of CBC’s Dragons’ Den, share what it was like to prepare and pitch their business.
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Generative AI is a superpower for tech entrepreneurs creating new products. AI can help analyse problems, explore options and define solutions at a pace never before possible. Here’s the question: while AI is an inventor’s best friend, what role does it play in inventing new products from an intellectual property perspective? In this bonus episode of Techopia Live, OBJ publisher Michael Curran speaks with Kushal Shah, a registered Canadian patent agent and lawyer who recently joined Ottawa-based Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP. The discussion explores exactly how much heavy lifting an AI can do before it becomes difficult for a human to legally claim an invention. The conversation provides practical guidance on establishing a paper trail to prove a meaningful human contribution to the final product. Learn how to safely validate AI-generated suggestions and avoid the confidentiality traps of feeding unpatented ideas and proprietary data into generative AI systems in this latest episode. Chapters: 00:00 Intro 01:25 Introducing Perley-Robertson, Hill & McDougall LLP 02:09 Introducing Kushal Shah 23:50 OBJ Updates and Closing 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 Live: Can you patent AI inventions? | Episode 301

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