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Quirky and Canadian: How BeaverTails and Kraft Dinner came together

Redblacks plan business outreach as team finds its footing on the field

In the early years of the Ottawa Redblacks, Ottawa Sports and Entertainment Group CEO Mark Goudie used...

Windmill Development Group eyes growing pipeline with new CEO Reeds at the helm

Windmill Development Group has tapped longtime executive Jeremy Reeds to lead the company as it rolls out...

Ottawa siblings develop Bookd, an app that brings soccer fans together online

Two Ottawa founders are hoping their new app scores big when the FIFA World Cup kicks off...

From tourist to resident: Smiths Falls has a plan to make it happen

The town of Smiths Falls wants more tourists to visit, but with the help of a new destination development plan, the heritage community is also asking how it can encourage tourists to stay.

Ericsson to launch wireless technology test site at Area X.O, and other tech news

Ericsson Canada is partnering with the federal government to create a wireless communications testing ground in Ottawa’s...

Burgeoning Ottawa-area defence firms say ‘the sky’s the limit’ as crowds swarm to CANSEC

As crowds milled around the Airbus helicopters and Saab fighter jets at last week’s CANSEC trade show,...

uOttawa’s Marie-Eve Sylvestre: Aligning with industry while remembering the humanities

A year into her role at the helm of the University of Ottawa, Marie-Eve Sylvestre is busy balancing budgets, creating new branding and reaching out to industry players in areas such as defence, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity and scientific research. At the same time, she’s not forgetting her background in the humanities, and the role it can play in the current climate.

Montreal’s Brasswater acquires Carling Executive Centre for $53M

Montreal-based Brasswater has acquired the Carling Executive Centre for $53 million, marking the third sale of a...

Would a ‘canal crawl’ featuring local eateries be eaten up by red tape?

What if you could eat and drink your way down the 7.8-kilometre stretch of the Rideau Canal...
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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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