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- The University of Ottawa is putting its new STEM Complex and alumni network to work to serve student startup needs with a new program aimed at priming the city’s entrepreneurship pipeline
- Techopia Live spoke to execs from Ottawa-based Rewind and Klipfolio about how they're growing their SaaS firms in the capital
- The Ottawa company known for helping merchants sell online made a major purchase of its own just before one of the biggest shopping weekends of the year
- Co-founder Matt Whitteker told Techopia Live he hasn’t felt drowned out by the new executives and board members who have joined the team amid the growth and equity financing
- Klipfolio snagged the No. 42 spot on this year’s list of Canada's rising firms with 513.6 per cent growth in the past three years
- Commerce giant Shopify moved up eight spots to No. 20 on the annual ranking of Canada’s corporate R&D spenders, spending $176.6 million in fiscal 2017
- Pat McGowan stopped by Techopia Live this week to share how his company BlackBox is hoping to change the media industry's business model
- The two Ottawa colleges will get a cut of $45 million in previously promised federal funding
- A local health startup was announced as the pitchfest winner just before the annual investor panel kicked off
- The KNBA, which works with more than 500 companies in the area, is using a decidedly tech term to describe its growth plan: scale.
- In designing the rover concept, MDA will lean on the former Neptec Design Group, the Kanata-based robotics and vision firm that it acquired earlier this year in a $42-million deal
- A well-funded Ottawa startup is turning to a local post-secondary institution for R&D support in hopes of turning a tiny powder into a big win
- Greg Evans, PageCloud's new CEO, pitched his vision for the future of the Ottawa firm's web builder software on the latest episode of Techopia Live
- Ottawa-based health-tech firm Welbi is among six startups receiving funding from the Ontario Brain Institute for promising neurotechnologies
- An antenna firm that came to Ottawa last year hoping to harness the capital’s telecom talent has released its first 5G-enabled product
- Two Ottawa firms will reap the rewards of the federal government’s latest round of spending aimed at promoting clean tech.
- The L-Spark accelerator is widening its sectors of focus but keeping closer to Ottawa with the first four companies announced in its 2018 fall cohort
- Kanata-based accelerator L-Spark has struck a partnership with one of Silicon Valley’s fastest-growing payment processors
- If your business has ever tapped a third party or remote worker for services, you might be familiar with the logistical and security headaches that come with a far-flung workforce.
- “You look back to your childhood, there's so many creative ways that Hollywood produces tech before it’s actually a thing."
- This week, Techopia Live called on some of Ottawa’s largest tech firms to tackle an issue bigger than tech: Me Too and sexual harassment in the workplace
- Twenty-two Ottawa firms made it on the annual rankings of Canada's fastest-growing firms, four more than last year
- The new office will give Foko feet on the ground in catering to its clients across Europe, where the firm says it's seeing strong demand
- The Ottawa company’s tech will enable rapid data transfers on a British firm’s platform that manages cryptocurrencies and other digital assets
- Listing is the latest milestone for the local telecom firm, which is backed by Ottawa tech titan Terry Matthews.
- While the bulk of FRAMOS’ work remains in Germany, its Ottawa outpost is growing quickly
- Local software firm is snapping up space for expansions in Ottawa and Toronto
- MasterpieceVR develops a virtual sculpting and design app for enterprises’ creative divisions, allowing multiple artists to work collaboratively in a shared VR setting.
- A slew of federal government grants awarded to Ottawa organizations are looking to advance new technologies and reduce the carbon footprint of Canada’s transportation sector
- In an attempt to give transit services better status updates on their own bus routes, uOttawa researchers are leveraging analytics from a local startup’s technology
- The company recently moved into a new location next to the Marshes Golf Club on Terry Fox Drive to accommodate the rapid growth
- Made-in-Ottawa tech is embedded in telemedicine vehicles serving "hospital deserts” – remote areas far from comprehensive medical facilities.
- An Ottawa company that connects vehicles to users’ home devices will soon see its tech on the dashboards of Subaru cars
- A local startup has secured a couple of back-to-back deals that will see its public safety applications integrated into the City of Ottawa’s Fire Services and emergency response teams across the world
- Aetonix Systems, which develops a platform that connects health-care professionals to patients and their families, is one of seven companies joining CTA Boston’s fall 2018 cohort
- STACS DNA's software is purported to reduce delays in newborn specimen shipping that could prevent a child’s serious health condition from worsening later in life
- Research from Carleton University might help make new buildings more energy efficient with the help of some fresh federal funding
- A local consulting company is launching a new venture aimed at helping others tap into the marketing power of Google Analytics, a process that’s less straightforward than one might think
- In a statement, iBIONICS CEO and co-founder Suzanne Grant said the extra cash will set the firm up to raise an equity round later this fall.
- The initiative is tied to an ICTC report released last year that projected Canada would need to fill 34,000 jobs related to the emerging AV industry by 2021.
- Among the Ottawa tech firms opening their doors this year are Shopify, FarmLead and Giatec Scientific.
- Gord Wyse brings more than three decades of financial experience – most of it spent in Ottawa’s own tech sector – to the local dashboard developer.
- This week, Techopia Live took at look at the enterprise side of AR/MR tech with Arvizio, an Ottawa-based company that sees mixed reality as an emerging environment for collaboration
- Ottawa’s business leaders need to broaden the horizons of their talent searches and focus on the potential of prospective employees rather than their technical skills, local experts say
- Shopify has brought another one of the successful developers in its app ecosystem in-house with its latest acquisition.
- Feds are set to become "a large Leonovus reference customer," which Ottawa tech firm says will help it market to other large enterprise users.
- Cryptography is the “foundational element” for securing information from cyber attacks.
- Kanata accelerator is opening its doors to firms in fields including cyber, Internet of Things and 'deep tech.'
- Traditional video surveillance may be a well-established market, but March Networks is capitalizing on the industry's growing interest in the hidden data that video can provide.
- Organization aims to bridge the gaps between innovation and commercialization in Canada’s telecom industry with members including Mitel, Huawei, Bell Canada and Rogers.
- Ottawa-based Inventure is a new platform connecting high school, college and university students to the resources and opportunities they need to start a business.
- Ottawa-based firm develops and manufacturers specialized cameras for scientific and industrial use – everything from microscopes to astrophotography.
- Satellite technology firm Telesat and water treatment and remediation company BluMetric will bring new tech to market alongside two Israeli counterparts through the Canada-Israel Industrial Research…
- 'You’ve seen what a white CEO looks like numerous times. It’s rare that a black, female woman gets to meet a room of fifty CEOs who are black and female.'
- Fresh off securing an $8.4M series-A round, Mindbridge AI recognized with Outstanding Product Achievement award.
- Canadian Museum of History is taking advantage of a new deal between Ottawa Tourism and a local startup that helps local businesses cater to an influx of Chinese tourists.
- Though she’s been practising law for businesses in the city for 20 years, Momentum founder Megan Cornell tells Techopia Live there’s been a renewed energy in the Kanata tech park these past five…
- MDS Aero Support is putting made-in-Ottawa innovation to the test in the United Kingdom, where the firm recently announced it will partner with Rolls-Royce to build a testing facility for the…
- Vikings, aliens and more will be making their new home on Ottawa-based You.i TV’s platform, as the firm announced this week it has signed a deal with A&E Networks.
- Goals include growing the tech park’s national and international brand as well as attracting diverse talent to the area’s firms.
- Summer Company entrepreneurship program provides students with a $3,000 grant to launch their own businesses in addition to mentorship and resources from Bayview Yards.
- Though InGenius is nearing 60 employees today, the firm had modest beginnings in the ’90s as a professional services provider focused on recruitment at Nortel prior to its pivot into new industries.
- Leading the way for the National Capital Region was Gatineau-based Agrisoma Biosciences, which raised $9 million in a series-C round.
- The Growcer has sold seven of its mobile containers to customers in the Arctic at an average price of just over $200,000, allowing them to grow produce year-round rather than relying on expensive…
- Clean-tech firm turns forest residues into renewable fuels.
- Contracts will fund the development of a miniature 3D camera that could enable a rover to navigate autonomously on the moon and Mars.
- “Scale or Fail” is the theme of Invest Ottawa’s latest annual entrepreneurship event.
- Technology can be used for surveillance and security, but network optimization is the primary use.
- Coming off a high-growth year, Gatineau commerce firm SMITH has been tapped by Air Canada Vacations to redesign the full gamut of travellers’ booking experiences.
- When the firm landed it’s first customer – an airport in Abu Dhabi – Searidge was just six people in a Gatineau basement office, and none had ever stepped foot in the United Arab Emirates.
- The first project will be The Weather Channel’s “Local Now” streaming service, which combines news, weather, traffic and sports from various content sources.
- Vocal user interfaces, greater 'augmented intelligence' are on the horizon.
- Desk Nibbles service delivers regular boxes of snacks to more than 65 companies across Canada and plans to expand to New York next month.
- The Growcer’s hydroponics design uses automated LED lights and water systems to farm vegetation in harsh environments.
- “There’s a million directions you want to go, but you have to do it at the right speed or things fly off the wheels or you run out of cash flow,” CEO David Ross said. “It’s trying to balance your…
- 2018 Bootstrap Award recipient fills gap in construction supply chains for smaller material orders.
- The Ottawa e-commerce firm has also found success on social media this week after Instragram said it would expand its Shopify-powered product tag across Canada.
- Ciena, Ericsson, Thales, IBM and CGI will spend $200 million over the next five years on research in an Ontario-Quebec corridor focused on developing 5G technology.
- Bootstrap Award winner designs systems and develops tech to treat water in ways that minimize environmental impact.
- Local biotech firm recently pivoted from its personal DNA testing cube – billed as a precursor to instant at-home diagnoses – to detecting the bacteria responsible for Legionnaires Disease.
- Cancer Computer accepts server donations from partners, refurbishes those rigs and rents the supercomputing power to researchers at little or no cost
- Cultural impressions of tech as a man’s game persist today, panelists
- CEO Tobi Lutke tweeted that he hopes this model becomes the future of developer education.
- The technology’s most fervent developers are typically cryptocurrency enthusiasts, whereas Leonovus is using it to power security applications – making for a mismatch in skillsets.
- Monday marked the first time the Women in Data Science conference – where all genders are welcome but only female speakers take the stage – came to Ottawa.
- Women from Shopify, Leonovus, Montreal’s Element AI and the University of Ottawa dropped by ahead of next week’s conference to preview the event and provide a few early insights into the conference…
- Technology developed by Kanata firm will be in all 30 Major League Baseball stadiums in time for the start of the 2018 season.
- App to codify informal agreements takes top prize
- This year’s awards reception is scheduled for Tuesday, March 6 at the Marshes Golf Club in Kanata.
- Organizers say approximately 150 participants are expected for the event at Bayview Yards, which is one of 40 taking place around the world from Feb. 23 to 25.
- Female entrepreneurs surveyed in the report say access to capital to grow their businesses is limited, as they face direct and indirect sexism from investors as well as clients.
- The SmartCone is an easy to deploy device in emergency situations, in construction zones or anywhere sensors are needed to quickly gather data.
- CEO says Canada Post deal is a big win for his company because of the large number of licences the Crown corporation will be purchasing.
- Today’s cybersecurity environment is complicated (to say the least), but Interset president and CEO Mark Smialowicz told Techopia Live this week that the local firm is finding opportunity in…
- An Ottawa entrepreneur is putting nearly two decades of mental health experience into a mobile application with the goal of making treatment more accessible.
- A local firm brought football’s biggest stars to life during last night’s Super Bowl.
- Ottawa-based Solink wants to turn millions of hours of unwatched security footage captured around the world into actionable data, the firm’s CEO Michael Matta told Techopia Live recently.
- Ottawa startup Lightship Security illuminated the “darkness that is cybersecurity” on Techopia Live this week, telling us how the firm is helping products get securely to market as quickly as…
- “Unless we have a way of scaling up the resources in the city, retaining the ones we have and recruiting more and more capability in the city, we’re going to struggle to reach our full potential.”
- InitLive co-founder Debbie Pinard says the recent decision to step down from the CEO role to focus on product development was a difficult one.
- GaN’s gallium nitride technology earns its clean-tech stripes thanks to its energy efficiency.
- The firm is looking at a potential initial public offering in 2018.
- Technology developed by local wireless firm will be in nearly stores across the U.S.
- Applications for CIRA’s next round of program funding open on Jan. 15.
- The program targets aspiring founders with an idea in hand, but not much else.
- The chairman of Wesley Clover International and executive at several local businesses was given the national honour “for his exceptional achievements as a high-technology entrepreneur and investor,…
- 2018 needs to be the year Ottawa tech gets loud, attendees say
- Annual recurring revenue has grown around 2-3x this past year as the TV app developer looks to reach $100 million in revenues.
- Raven is a small camera-equipped device that can sit on a vehicle’s dashboard and is plugged into a car’s on-board diagnostics port.
- “This will help drive even more rentals to our RV owners here in Canada,” said RVezy CEO Michael McNaught.
- FileCatalyst, founded in 2000, has been a pioneer in the accelerated file transfer technologies that are standard in film and broadcast today.
- Black Friday sales continue to go mobile, reflecting the wider trend in retail.
- Ottawa-based Relogix has put sensors to work to give corporate real estate firms a better sense of how workspace is really being used.
- Serial Ottawa entrepreneur returned to Techopia Live to share the company’s past year of success and break down what’s next for the firm.
- Ottawa-based startup makes use of artificial intelligence to curate and build its meditation tools.
- Tandem’s conversion technology recycles CO2 emissions into more palatable byproducts such as calcium carbonate, a key ingredient in paint and toothpaste.
- Shopify and Kinaxis were also commended as tech leaders, while MindBridge AI was flagged as an up-and-comer
- Who better to ask for leadership tips?
- The federal government is hoping to capture a bit of Shopify’s magic.
- The made-in-Ottawa product – a combination of rugged hardware and proprietary software – could become the new industry standard for spectral sensors.
- One of the other major developments for L-Spark has been the launch of SaaS North, which runs this year from Nov. 29-30.
- Spectrafy develops sensors that measure the sun’s spectrum and other atmospheric activity such as greenhouse gas emission levels and solar radiation.
- Startup Open House returns to Ottawa on Oct. 26 this year with an even bigger roster of local startups
- Driving Women in Tech has made its way across the country from Vancouver, along the way sharing women’s stories of their struggles and successes in the tech field.
- Jonathan Gagne’s outlook changed in unexpected ways the first time he tried on a virtual reality headset.
- Thursday’s demo, featuring a BlackBerry QNX vehicle, will also mark the first time an autonomous vehicle will be connected to city infrastructure on Canadian roads.
- Meanwhile, CEO Tobi Lütke breaks silence on short-seller’s report as share price dips again
- Irdeto Cloakware vice-president Jaco Du Plooy also joined Techopia Live as the cybersecurity firm celebrates its 20th anniversary.
- Local companies including SimWave and Lumbec will be showcasing their work when museum reopens Nov. 17.
- We talked to three experts who outlined how these changes might affect SMEs and professionals, and how they hope the dialogue surrounding “fair play” might change in the future.
- If constructed, the high-speed transport could send Ottawa passengers to Toronto in 27 minutes and to Montreal in just 12.
- Shopify timed its release with Apple’s annual product announcement event on Tuesday because the tech giant’s latest operating system includes a QR code scanner natively in the camera app.
- Rewind.io backs up SMEs' storefronts and makes that data accessible for restores and retrieving lost data, a service that co-founder Mike Potter says isn't covered by big e-commerce providers.
- Ottawa e-commerce giant challenged thousands of existing, later-stage companies to scale up beyond revenues around $1 million to reach levels of $50 million and beyond.
- Ottawa’s top public sector techie will deliver the keynote address this weekend at Drupal North, the first time the annual developers' event has come to the Capital.
- The 37-year-old’s profile on the list suggests Shopify’s CEO has been relatively low-key in the firm’s success to date, but that with the company’s continual success since its IPO and having recently…
- The company installed a sanitation system at a mobile home park near Kemptville after residents were handed eviction notices when the park’s owner failed to comply with sewage treatment regulations.
- Business veteran also serves on the boards of Ottawa companies Pythian, LiveQoS, MASV.io and Cliniconex.
- Ottawa startup making deals where the neon signs are pretty
- On the surface, Assent Compliance appears to be chasing a niche market.
- Industry veteran explains the thinking behind the purchase, Mitel’s M&A strategy and why businesses are losing interest in managing their phone and communication systems in-house.
- CATA argues $5.3 billion has been removed from the program between 2009 and 2016.
- More and more people in the industry are self-taught coders and that “a great portfolio and stand-up personality” can lead to solid job opportunities.
- CENGN aims to facilitate the commercialization of next-generation networks such as 5G connectivity.
- SurveyMonkey releasing a new suite of software products, including a rebranded and “reimagined” incarnation of the made-in-Ottawa FluidReview.
- Digital merchants using Shopify’s popular e-commerce platform in the U.S. will have a new way to reach customers later this year.
- Four visiting academic and research chairs will come to Carleton University, including an entrepreneurship chair at the Sprott School of Business, as part of a $16-million, 25-year partne
- CENGN president and CEO Ritch Dusome and Nokia's vice-president of mobile strategy Rob Cameron took the orange seats this week to talk about the activity in Ottawa surrounding next-generation…
- Having outgrown its first digs at Invest Ottawa’s incubator space, FarmLead picked up its roots and moved into a new office space this week.
- Sampford Advisors’ annual survey of Canadian tech CEOs shows that raising capital and acquiring talent are top of mind of the nation’s executives.
- Techopia Live speaks with CEO Steve Byrne about how the advent of machine learning is shaking up the industry
- MadeMill, the on-site workshop and digital media lab inside the Innovation Centre at Bayview Yards, opened its doors Friday. Equipped with water-jet cutters, 3D printers and a variety of artistic and…
- Techopia Live’s producer Craig Lord (who is definitely not also writing this post) took the hotseat this week to talk about the biggest Ottawa tech
- L-Spark grads walked across the stage Tuesday night, but pitched their businesses – not their caps – as the latest cohort graduated from the Kanata-based SaaS accelerator.
- L-Spark's SaaS Showcase is just more than a week away, when the Kanata accelerator touts the best of its cohort of companies in an event that is both pitchfest and celebration.
- As Canadian demographics shift towards an aging population, Ottawa organizations are putting the focus on youth to ensure our local talent has the skills necessary to build business success.
- Awkward
- Samsung has officially approved the You.i Engine as a solution for developing apps on its Tizen TV operating system, opening up a new marketplace for Kanata-based You.i TV.
- If your software-as-a-service startup is getting the insatiable itch for growth, L-Spark wants you. The Kanata-based accelerator has opened applications for its Fall 2017 cohort.
- The Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation is putting a steampunk flair on its inaugural gala this coming week, and Techopia Live sat down with the museum's leaders and partner businesses…
- The reason for most startup failures is that founders are talking with the wrong people, having the wrong conversations, Sean Sheppard tells AccelerateOTT audience at Lansdowne Park.
- “We are an innovation nation. We just don’t act like one,” says digital storyteller Melanie Coulson.
- With preparations wrapping up for this Thursday's AccelerateOTT, Invest Ottawa's flagship entrepreneurship conference, Techopia Live brought MC Susan Richards to the show to uncover how she's…
- Shopify kept up the pace but WiLAN hit some "lumps" in the road. See who else was up and down after first quarter earnings this week.
- On Monday's Techopia Live, the University of Ottawa's new Startup Garage cohort put down their boxes and picked up our microphone for a few minutes to chat about their companies and their goals for…
- The list of speakers, which includes local champions as well as global leaders in entrepreneurship, is highlighted by a keynote address from Eamonn Carey, managing director of Techstars. Carey has…
- The Ottawa-based organization pitches itself as a "risk-as-a-service" platform, the place where audacious ideas meet reality (and, they're prepared to admit, likely fail).
- Shopify is bolstering its online and offline merchant offerings by expanding its reach into real-world retail with a new device and an interface aimed at streamlining customers' e-commerce purchases.
- Fresh of a countrywide “Innovation Nation” tour, Microsoft Canada’s John Weigelt was feeling nostalgic for the early days of confederation.
- Invest Ottawa looks for assistance in crafting a five-year strategic plan for growing the National Capital Region’s companies.
- While researchers and innovators may have fallen under the spell of science and technology, many more are seemingly disenchanted by the field, observes Ottawa high school student Mathilde Papillon in…
- For even the most avid fan, the idea of building a business around sports technology may seem like it's coming out of left field. Yet the industry built around loyal, passionate fans – especially…
- In just its second year, a new degree offered through Carleton University’s Technology Innovation Management program is attracting significant interest, though its explosive growth may lead to tough…
- Shopify is ostensibly an ecommerce platform provider, but that hasn’t stopped it from holding classes at its Ottawa headquarters or offering a business name generator, and it isn’t stopping the…
- Is selling your homegrown company a sin?
- Techopia Live shifted its day and location to take a roadtrip to Kanata North's Technata tech expo and talent hunt. The event was packed with more than 60 exhibitors and hundreds of candidates…
- There’s no better place to live and work in tech than Ottawa, according to a recent study.
- Fresh off the 2017 Bootstrap Awards, winners for best mobile application Chris Desjardins of Punchtime and Steve Borza of Bluink joined us for Techopia Live. We covered the difficult decisions…
- This year’s rebooted Ottawa Bootstrap Awards include a wide range of winners, from a zero-waste grocery story to a new way to punch out at the end of the day.
- During a University of Ottawa lab tour today, federal Science Minister Kirsty Duncan announced more than $50 million in funding for Canadian research projects, $3 million of which will go towards l
- Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke waded into the political waters this week to defend his e-commerce company against a litany of complaints for powering the online store of right-wing media outlet Breitbart N
- Purpose, culture, and long-term vision: If you had to boil it down, this is what Shopify CEO Tobi Lütke thinks about when he’s making decisions about Shopify.
- L-Spark managing director Leo Lax recently wrote a blog post that forecast a banner year for the Kanata-based accelerator, as well as for Ottawa and Canada as a whole.
- Several prominent members of the Ottawa tech community joined their Canadian counterparts in adding their names to a petition calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and the federal government to
- Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson put innovation high on his list of priorities during his State of the City address on Wednesday.
- Shopify U has added graphic design to its course offerings.
- Shopify has officially opened its second office in Toronto, the latest installment in a still-growing presence in Ontario's capital.
- Andrew Pelling, the University of Ottawa researcher known for treating “biology like hardware,” has been named a TED2017 Senior Fellow.
- Shopify was caught in political crosshairs this week when a petition emerged on SumOfUs.org calling for the Ottawa-based e-commerce giant to stop powering the online store of Breitbart, a pro-Donal
- The start of the new year means new tech at the Consumer Electronics Showcase, and several local Ottawa area companies are in Las Vegas this week to flaunt their latest products.
- In an October
- If you’re looking for funding, sometimes your best shot is an angel. But more often than not, your prayers fall flat and investors aren’t impressed.
- If you were looking to get involved during Global Entrepreneurship Week (GEW) this year, the nation's capital was apparently the place to be.
- It’s not all fun and games inside social app startup Bumpn.
- The Ottawa team behind an app that turns spare change into digital currency is joining a California accelerator that’s also making a “significant” investment in the company.
- The exponential growth of two Ottawa firms ranks among the top in the country according to professional services firm Deloitte.
- Research Infosource released its annual report on the top 100 companies in R&D spending, and several comp
- The Better Software Company just raised another $1 million. And, to be honest, no one is surprised anymore.
- Shopify Inc. (NYSE:SHOP)(TSX:SH) just hit a milestone on the TSX: Effective today, the company is now trading with the ticker symbol SHOP instead of SH.
- Wipebook founder Frank Bouchard sure knows how find money.
- L-Spark, the Kanata-based SaaS accelerator, announce
- Sir Terry Matthews – you know, the serial entrepreneur and the force behind Wesley Clover, which helps fund L-Spark,
- Local healthcare IT company Cliniconex says it’s on the hunt for additional software engineers and sales representatives after securing its first seed funding round, led by the Capital Angel Networ
- What does a rapidly growing tech firm do when it meets a team of talented software developers?
- A recently released report is shedding new light on the state of entrepreneurship in Ontario and what drives residents in the province to start their own company.
- News that streaming service Shomi would be shutting down at the end
- Local staff at defence firm DRS Technologies are settling into a new home after the company consolidated its two offices in the region into a single location.
- The Better Software Company is back in growth mode.
- The chief executive of Japan-based Trend Micro says the digital security firm plans to continue adding to its Ottawa-based headcount, according to a local media report.
- One of Ottawa’s hottest tech firms is hoping to accelerate its growth by strengthening a program that gives cash advances to its customers.
- Ottawa’s long history of networking companies might not seem to have much to do with video games, but that track record - and the talent around it - is what led one Vancouver-based game developer t
- Imagine walking into a hotel room that’s already adjusted its temperature according to your personal preference before you arrive.
- The week is off to a prosperous start for the city’s tech sector, which has seen an infusion of $18 million into a pair of its fastest-growing firms.
- The multimillion-dollar transformation of a 75-year-old city maintenance garage into a hub for entrepreneurship and innovation is nearly complete.
- Chris Morrison knows mergers and acquisitions from both sides of the table – buyer and takeover target. The president of Ottawa-based MediaMiser, which creates software and provides services related…
- Post-secondary institutions across Ontario are embracing entrepreneurship education at an unprecedented rate, according to a recent report by the Higher Education Quality Council of Ontario.
- By Michael Woods Ottawa’s Assent Compliance raised one of the largest series-A rounds in Canadian history last month.
- Change is in the air at the Canada Museum of Science and Technology.
- By Michael Woods The federal government’s much-anticipated innovation agenda took centre stage at Ottawa’s Shaw Centre early last month.
- By Michael Woods
- Paul Emond knows his stuff when it comes to sales.
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- What happens when a visionary leader moves on?
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- Entrepreneurs are fueled by living outside their comfort zone. When things get comfortable, they always find a way to push the envelope.
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