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Stories of Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre saving lives shared at Wild Wild West benefit

Some 230 supporters of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre saddled up Thursday and headed to the...

Stories of Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre saving lives shared at Wild Wild West benefit

Some 230 supporters of the Dave Smith Youth Treatment Centre saddled up Thursday and headed to the...

Politics and the Pen literary gala raises $385K for The Writers’ Trust of Canada

It's spring, and with it comes — along with the heady scent of a federal election in the...

Alex Trebek in Ottawa for official opening of Royal Canadian Geographical Society’s new HQ

Even as he battles pancreatic cancer, television legend Alex Trebek was in great spirits during his visit...

Hobin Architecture celebrates 40 years of designing urban fabric of Ottawa

Ottawa’s real estate and development business leaders turned out by the truck load Thursday to help Hobin...

Alexandra Badzak wins prestigious award for leadership of Ottawa Art Gallery expansion

An opera singer, a photographer, a marketing agency and a well-respected arts leader were among the individuals...

It’s an evening with envoys at Rockcliffe’s Dining with the Ambassadors

Dining with the Ambassadors is the kind of fundraiser that proves the strength of a community isn't measured...

Elmwood School Gala continues record-breaking streak by raising $450K

There was a speakeasy operation in Ottawa on Saturday night and — if you can keep it...

Elmwood School Gala continues record-breaking streak by raising $450K

There was a speakeasy operation in Ottawa on Saturday night and — if you can keep it...

Women’s advocate Maureen McTeer honoured with Key to the City

Female trailblazer Maureen McTeer now officially has the key to do what she's been doing all along on...
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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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