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Council briefs: 180 Metcalfe St. development deferred again

Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney scored another victory at city hall Wednesday when council rejected a 27-storey hotel...

City council defers Medical Arts Building vote until Aug. 26

Somerset Coun. Catherine McKenney ultimately might not be able to prevent the redevelopment of the Medical Arts...

City chooses Merx for e-procurement pilot project

The city of Ottawa announced Tuesday it has selected MERX Networks to fulfill a two-year e-procurement pilot...

Centre of attention: New Shaw Centre CEO believes Ottawa can live up to title of ‘Canada’s meeting place’

The Shaw Centre’s new boss definitely can’t be accused of setting the bar too low. Nina Kressler, who...

City hall briefs: council approves taxi industry review

City council gave the green light Wednesday to a review of Ottawa’s taxi bylaw that could potentially...

City to appeal OMB ruling on Centretown Community Design Plan

The City of Ottawa announced Tuesday it will appeal a recent Ontario Municipal Board ruling that it...

FEDCO recommends council approve economic development strategy

The City of Ottawa’s economic development strategy will focus on four pillars over the next few years,...

Empire Restaurant rebrand marks return of chef Norm Aitken

A 2014 OBJ Forty Under 40 recipient is back in the kitchen again with one new project...

Conventional Wisdom: Pat Kelly on the challenges of putting the capital on the meeting planner map

When Pat Kelly was named CEO of the Ottawa Congress Centre in 2007, one of the first...

City agrees with auditor general’s 39 recommendations

The city of Ottawa says it agrees with all 39 recommendations tabled Thursday in the auditor general...
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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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