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Business visionaries: Algonquin students’ ski goggle retail site gaining on competition

Startup has already landed a deal with one of the city’s best-known sports retailers as it seeks to cash in on a surge in outdoor activities during the pandemic.

Long Road Back concert postponed in wake of city’s move to red zone

All 100 available tickets for the show originally scheduled for March 27 sold out in less than an hour.

Music to fans’ ears: Outdoor concert slated for Lansdowne Park in late March

First-of-its-kind event during pandemic will require all spectators to be screened for COVID-19 in advance.

Bluesfest, GCTC among local attractions to land provincial arts funding

Nearly a dozen other Ottawa organizations also slated to get financial aid as part of $24-million package to help Ontario's cultural sector survive the COVID-19 crisis.

City re-ups for $25K fund to boost local music industry

The money will go to musicians whose livelihoods have been upended by the COVID-19 crisis.

Changing course: How Ian Fraser reimagined Run Ottawa’s business model for a pandemic world

When Ian Fraser took the top job at Run Ottawa in 2019, he had no idea how much he’d need to lean on every ounce of experience he’d gained in two decades as an entrepreneur.

Online student gains music to the ears of Orl​éans-based studio owner Chantal Hackett

Funded by a $10,000 grant from Desjardins Insurance, entrepreneur is poised to launch a new virtual singing academy.

How Bluesfest found its groove in the face of the pandemic

COVID-19 forced organizers to rethink the concert experience for attendees and sponsors alike – while raising new questions for 2021

Cross-country ski craze brings business boost during pandemic

Ottawa sporting retailers work to keep up with demand for ski equipment as public looks to escape to the outdoors

Update: Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk says now is not the time for his in-person fan plan

'Most people would agree cramming 6,000 people into one confined space is not a good idea at this time,' mayor says.
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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
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