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The Bright Side of Business: Mom’s Homemade founder goes from salsa-making hobbyist to food entrepreneur

Sales have doubled during COVID-19 as consumers increasingly look to shop – and eat – local.

How it works and why you need it: Law Firm SEO

Actionable tips that you can easily apply on your website to start showing up in search results. 

A growth partner for all seasons

Baker Tilly Ottawa has been supporting clients wherever life and business takes them for 59 years

New bursaries aim to help break glass ceiling in architecture, business and engineering

Ottawa firms Neoteric Developments and ND Management teamed up to create the new awards.

How ThinkOttawa is simplifying the conference planning process

ThinkOttawa assists association leaders in planning conferences by helping organize bids and supplying marketing material as well as locating venues and hotels – free of charge. 

Round 2: How Red Apron’s Jennifer Heagle left a $20M tech enterprise to follow the ‘slow road to success’

Happiness comes not from focusing on success at any cost, but creating a business with a commitment to something bigger than the bottom line, writes columnist Robert Hocking.

Ottawa accounting firm Envolta acquires southwestern Ontario practice

Envolta founder David DiNardo says his goal is to raise the firm’s revenues from $5 million to $20 million annually by 2026. 

CHEO invites Ottawa business community to celebrate homegrown talent at the virtual For the Kids Gala

In the era of virtual events, CHEO is dialing up the creativity, inviting online attendees to join CHEO families and employees for an evening filled with art, talent and inspiration.

UPDATED: Province boosts capacity limits at restaurants and bars to 50%

Eatery owners argued the 10-customer, one-size-fits-all cap was unfair to owners of larger establishments.

Evolving Telfer Executive MBA arms executives with skills for the new world of work

The University of Ottawa’s Telfer Executive MBA program is arming its students with a new layer of insights as part of its award-winning business education offerings.
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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
Techopia: Is Ottawa the country’s biggest tech wealth generator? | Episode 298

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