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Ottawa Tourism celebrates banner Canada 150 year at holiday bash

For social columnists, attending a party for the hospitality industry is a dream come true. Not only is...

Ottawa Tourism celebrates banner Canada 150 year at holiday bash

For social columnists, attending a party for the hospitality industry is a dream come true. Not only is...

Christmas Cheer Breakfast at the Westin raises $120,000 for local charities

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Christmas Cheer Breakfast at the Westin raises $120,000 for local charities

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National Gallery of Canada Foundation lights up giant Christmas tree for holiday party

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National Gallery of Canada Foundation lights up giant Christmas tree for holiday party

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Entrepreneurial career just what the doctor ordered for Ottawa health-care pioneer

Sanjay Shah was on a family holiday with his wife and newborn son in Hawaii when he...
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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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