
TiE Ottawa extends application deadline for $150K pitchfest
The organizers of Ottawa’s annual TiECon Canada conference have extended the deadline an extra week for the 2019 pitchfest, which promises an even bigger prize
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TiE Ottawa extends application deadline for $150K pitchfest
The organizers of Ottawa’s annual TiECon Canada conference have extended the deadline an extra week for the 2019 pitchfest, which promises an even bigger prize

BlackBerry stock dives after weak Q2 revenue attributed to key legacy business
BlackBerry Ltd. stock took a dive Tuesday after the company’s second-quarter revenue fell short of analyst estimates as it experienced difficulties in a legacy unit

Techopia Live: Ottawa’s Giatec Scientific scaling up with ‘discipline’
Giatec co-founder Pouria Ghods said one of the factors helping the firm grow is the attractiveness of its solution to an industry facing a talent

Ottawa-born 3D commerce firm Threekit expands overseas with Paris, London offices
A 3D-imaging company with roots in Ottawa is putting down seeds in Europe to serve overseas markets. Threekit, which launched in Ottawa back in 2014,

Ottawa’s Shopify raises US$694M in share offering
Shopify is capitalizing on a high stock price to replenish its cash reserves with a sizeable share offering

Employment Law Minute: Delivering and responding to workplace discipline
Employee discipline can start with a verbal or written warning and escalate to a suspension or even termination. But it’s vital that employers have a

Potential U.S. withdrawal from international postal treaty could hurt Shopify’s bottom line
U.S. President Donald Trump’s push to withdraw from an international postal treaty could have a big impact on Canadian e-commerce companies that ship small goods

Ottawa’s Advanced Symbolics applying AI tool to monitor key federal election ridings
An Ottawa-based artificial intelligence company is teaming up with a political marketing firm to track important ridings in the upcoming federal election

Securing the connected building in the IoT Age
KRP Properties’ best practices approach turns rivals into allies

BlackBerry and L-Spark launch applications for second accelerator cohort
Kanata-based L-Spark and Canadian tech giant BlackBerry are renewing their partnership and opening up applications for a second round of companies looking to shift their
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