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City ‘nickel and diming’ festivals, Jazz Fest head says

A long-time festival organizer says Ottawa’s special events bylaw is hurting major events.   Catherine O’Grady, executive director of...

SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas getting a name change

SilverCity Gloucester Cinemas will be rebranded this month to Scotiabank Theater Ottawa Cineplex Entertainment announced Thursday.   When Cineplex...

Ottawa native targeting industry heavyweights with Seattle-based hydration beverage

As CEO of Seattle-based hydration beverage maker nuun, Kevin Rutherford encourages people to achieve their personal bests.   But...

Ottawa 2017 invests in marketing initiative for city’s festivals

The Ottawa 2017 Bureau will invest $250,000 in a marketing and outreach campaign to boost the city’s...

Opinion: Nowhere to go but up at LeBreton, says Firestone

With the National Capital Commission recently choosing the bid backed by Senators owner Eugene Melnyk as its...

Capital a tough draw for animation firms

Clint Eland echoes a refrain familiar to many CEO in Ottawa’s high-tech sector these days: his office...

Province gives city’s festivals a $2.2 million boost

The new chair of Ottawa Festivals said he hopes more than $2 million in provincial funding for...

Westboro Fuse launched, ‘bringing us all together,’ says new BIA board member

One of the newest members of the Westboro Village BIA is striking a much more conciliatory tone...

UFC show in Ottawa in June sells out quickly, fastest sellout ever at venue

The UFC's first show in Ottawa wasted little time selling out.   Tickets went on sale to the general public...

National triathlon championships coming to Ottawa in 2016, 2017

Another major sporting event is coming to the capital as Triathlon Canada announced Thursday its national championships...
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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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