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Ottawa business helps rebuild Nepal, one cashmere wrap at a time

An Ottawa cashmere company is selling scarves and wraps in this country that help to rebuild classrooms...

Opinion: Parking overlooked in rush to embrace Carling Building hospital site

Fiasco was a word that readily came to mind when describing the mess over where to build...

World of Mocha? Second Cup leases prominent West Wellington retail space

Second Cup will construct one of its new café concept stores in the former World of Maps...

Opinion: Going the extra mile to earn rewards? It’s not always worth it

Who can resist getting something for nothing? I certainly can’t, which is why I collect both Air...

Ottawa medical marijuana dispensary plans to stay open despite raids

An owner of one of the Ottawa medical marijuana dispensaries not targeted in a police operation last week is...

Opinion: Learning the oldest business lesson in the (entertainment) book

Hundreds of Ottawa-area retailers advertise in The Entertainment Book and thousands of consumers in this region buy...

Hintonburg’s Meat Press taking a bite out of Ottawa’s lunch market

To celebrate Small Business Week, OBJ will publish stories of the successes and challenges faced by some of...

Busy streets in the Glebe as shops stay open on holiday Monday

The Glebe along Bank Street looked busy with foot traffic on Thanksgiving Day, likely owing to the recent...

Rising costs turn up heat on ByWard Market eateries

News that another acclaimed ByWard Market restaurant is closing its doors is a further indication of a...

Westboro BIA eyes 86 new members under boundary expansion

The Westboro Village business improvement area wants to grow again. Eight years after it last expanded, the BIA...
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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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