Techopia

Techopia is focused on Ottawa’s technology sector. This multimedia project includes regular online news coverage, a video and audio podcast, private networking events and quarterly reports. OBJ also partners with EY to create an annual magazine called Techopia-EY Insights.

Online Ottawa grain marketplace FarmLead sowing seeds of growth

Farm boys at heart, pro hockey player-turned-entrepreneur Brennan Turner and business partner Alain Goubau surveyed the agricultural...

360 Video: Under new ownership, Capital Gaming Expo connects Ottawa gaming community

Capital Gaming Expo’s new owner hit the reboot button on the annual event this past weekend, bringing Ottawa’s gaming community together with industry leaders from inside and outside the city.

360 Video: Under new ownership, Capital Gaming Expo connects Ottawa gaming community

Capital Gaming Expo’s new owner hit the reboot button on the annual event this past weekend, bringing Ottawa’s gaming community together with industry leaders from inside and outside the city.

What Ford’s high-tech investment means for Ottawa

Analysts say Ford’s decision to hire hundreds of former BlackBerry employees and set up shop in Ottawa...

Video: What Ottawa companies need to consider about mergers and acquisitions

Is selling your homegrown company a sin?

Ottawa-based tech consultant TPG asks Supreme Court to review procurement lawsuit

A company that lost a $428-million federal contract in 2007 is calling on Canada's top court to...

Veteran executive Jon Milne leaving Invest Ottawa for new role at Klipfolio

One of Invest Ottawa’s most recognizable faces is leaving the organization to join one of the city’s...

Students tackle real-world problems at University of Ottawa Design Day

University of Ottawa engineering students did away with the dioramas and baking soda volcanoes this week as...

Shares of Ottawa’s Thermal Energy rise following $1.7M hospital order

A repeat purchase from a health care customer pushed shares of Ottawa clean-tech firm Thermal Energy (TSX-V:...

Ford investment brings Ottawa closer to becoming autonomous vehicles hub

Almost exactly one year ago, we published an article asking the question, “Can Ottawa be an autonomous vehicle hub?” Today, with Ford’s announcement that it would be investing $337.9 million to build an autonomous vehicles R&D centre in the capital, we took one step closer to answering that question.
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Years of economic uncertainty haven’t slowed Canada’s entrepreneurs. They’ve made them more determined. New research from the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) for Small Business Week finds 78 per cent are focused on growth, and this year’s theme says what’s at stake: in a “Two-Speed World,” it’s “Fast or Finished.” So what separates the businesses pulling ahead? Join OBJ, Trexity and the Ottawa Board of Trade for a live virtual event during Small Business Week and get the answers directly from the people tracking the shift: -- Get the research first. BDC chief economist Pierre Cleroux will unveil new research on the state of entrepreneurship in Canada, with insight you can use to benchmark your own business. -- Understand what’s changing on main street. Alok Ahuja of Ottawa-based Trexity will explain how local businesses are adapting, and finding new customers, in an e-commerce world. -- Find out what Ottawa is doing to help. Sueling Ching will outline the Buy Local program and other initiatives aimed at spurring economic growth in the city. Whether you run a business, work with one or are weighing your next move, this is a chance to get informed and come away with ideas worth acting on.
Small Business Week: Entrepreneurs are Fast or Finished

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