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A Lyft with Rob Woodbridge: Merging transportation with social impact

Since its launch in Ottawa over a year and a half ago, operating as a socially responsible...

Growing labour force pushes Ottawa’s unemployment rate up to 4.4% in November

The region’s unemployment rate ticked up slightly in November as a rise in the size of the labour force outpaced a slight increase in the overall number of workers

Op-ed: Three quotes from the throne speech that will affect Ottawa-Gatineau businesses

Chris Day highlights three quotes from Thursday's throne speech that will have bearing on the business climate here in the capital

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

The Stittsville Shooting Range is among local companies winning business with the federal government

Former McMillan employees still owed severance as Ottawa ad agency applies for creditor protection

Former employees of a major Ottawa advertising agency that recently applied for creditor protection say they “feel...

Dedicated buses for LRT replacement service starting Monday

OC Transpo is setting aside a fleet of dedicated buses to more rapidly deploy replacement transit service when Ottawa’s light-rail system goes down

Who’s winning federal contracts in Ottawa-Gatineau?

A big contract for Ottawa startup Snapclarity is among the latest roundup of local firms winning work with the federal government

A Lyft with Rob Woodbridge: Ride-hailing service equips and celebrates drivers as entrepreneurs

“This is an opportunity to leverage a platform like Lyft to be able to start your own business.”

Prospectus: Taking a ‘half-full’ perspective on November’s tough business news

In the latest OBJ newsmagazine, publisher Michael Curran takes a different perspective on some of the tough business news of the day

Best Ottawa Business Awards winners push credit to others at packed gala

Humility permeated every speech from the marquee award winners at Friday evening’s Best Ottawa Business Awards, as the local community turned out in droves to honour the city’s brightest business leaders
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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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