Ottawa Business Journal

The same technology that generates video suggestions on Netflix and filters suspicious emails is now used by a broad range of businesses to improve customer conversion rates, automate labour-intensive processes and predict workflows. Once a buzzword mostly of interest to academics, machine learning is an increasingly mainstream technology used by law firms, accountants and in a range of tech secto...

Go behind the headlines with Ottawa Business Journal's editors and explore the top local business stories of the week. And read more Ottawa business news at www.obj.ca​​.

Ottawa-based software company Fullscript has become a near permanent feature on the city’s lists of fastest-growing companies - and this year, it's celebrating its tenth anniversary. In this episode of Techopia Live, CEO Kyle Braatz shares what’s contributed to the company’s rocketship-like growth, and his plan to make the business sustainable at a time when the healthcare industry his company ser...

To help local executives plan for the return to the office, OBJ and Interactive Audio Visual teamed up to explore the tools every employer needs to safely return to a collaborative workspace.

Go behind the headlines with Ottawa Business Journal's editors and explore the top local business stories of the week. And read more Ottawa business news at www.obj.ca​​.

Ottawa-based software company AuditMap uses artificial intelligence to help clients identify and analyze potential risks. CEO Mathieu Lemay shares how the company has managed to re-energize internal audit reporting – and caught the attention of international firms in the process – in this episode of Techopia Live.

Go behind the headlines with Ottawa Business Journal's editors and explore the top local business stories of the week. And read more Ottawa business news at www.obj.ca​​.

Go behind the headlines with Ottawa Business Journal's editors and explore the top local business stories of the week. And read more Ottawa business news at www.obj.ca​​.

With a widespread vaccination rollout expected over the coming weeks, a return to the office and opportunities for in-person collaboration is finally in sight for businesses and their employees. But pre-pandemic approaches to managing and equipping office space are no longer sufficient in 2021. Now is the time for companies to start planning how to safely and efficiently bring employees back to th...

Go behind the headlines with Ottawa Business Journal's editors and explore the top local business stories of the week. And read more Ottawa business news at https://www.obj.ca​​.

For jobs that can be done remotely, there’s growing interest among some local employers in hiring skilled workers who live outside the National Capital Region. But that raises a host of new recruitment questions, such as how you assess the skills and cultural fit of a job applicant who you’ve never met in person. A team of local entrepreneurs are taking a step towards cracking that code by putting...

Entrepreneur Pat Crosscombe credits a good idea and endless perseverance to the success of her Ottawa software company BoardSpace. About 10 years ago she set out to create a tool that would make board meetings less of an administrative hassle. Techopia host Sherry Aske speaks to BoardSpace founder about how she bootstrapped her venture, navigated the inevitable highs and lows of entrepreneurship a...

In this week's episode Ottawa Business Journal publisher Michael Curran and editors Peter Kovessy and David Sali discuss changes in the C-suite at Shopify, how cottage sales are heating up and new carbon capture technology from Ottawa.

As the opioid crisis continues to take lives in big cities and small communities across Canada, a Kingston Ontario technology company has developed a rapid testing system to identify the lethal contaminants sometimes present in street drugs. A drug analysis system from Spectra Plasmonics identifies the unique chemical “fingerprints” of various substances found in a sample and can detect the presen...

There is widespread hope that the rollout of COVID-19 vaccines will pave the way for employees to return to the office. However, it also raises new questions for employers. Can employees be forced to get vaccinated? How should organizations approach office reopenings? What are the risks to employers of permanently shifting to remote work even once the threat of the pandemic subsides? OBJ publisher...

OBJ publisher Michael Curran and Interactive Audio Visual president Ian Smith explore the concept of "Zoom fatigue" and why it's rampant in today's virtual meetings. With many individuals planning to spend time working remotely for the foreseeable future, virtual meetings are here to stay. Too many professionals are still making common mistakes and creating barriers to communicating effectively wi...

When COVID-19 sidelined the in-seat food delivery app Stadiyum last year, developer GETIT Technologies returned to its playbook. In January, GETIT Technologies launched a new custom-mobile ordering platform called Getit Local that challenges competitors like Uber Eats and SkipTheDishes by operating without charging local restaurants the typical 30 to 35 per cent fee on delivery orders. Three month...

Many businesses are looking to pivot, expand and capitalize on new opportunities. That requires capital. Join OBJ publisher Michael Curran, Vincent Hubert of American Express and Saleh Taebi of CanadaWheels for an interactive discussion about how one fast-growing Ottawa startup is expanding into the U.S. as well as expert advice on how business owners and managers can rethink their cash flow while...

Many employees have spent the better part of the last year under tremendous stress as they deal with disruption and isolation from traditional support networks. Employers have an opportunity to support the personal well-being of their employees by rethinking their approach to employee benefits – increasing employee health, productivity and retention. In this podcast, OBJ publisher Michael Curran s...

COVID-19 has forced many businesses and their employees into new work arrangements. As the pandemic drags on, employers face new sets of questions and challenges. Some employees have grown accustomed to working from home and are not keen to return to the office. Others have packed their bags to work remotely from cottages or even further afield. Meanwhile, the rules around temporary layoffs contin...

Even amid the challenges brought about by COVID-19, a growing number of Ottawa retailers, restaurants and other main street businesses are finding ways to survive – and thrive – amid the pandemic. New revenue streams, a shift to online sales and better use of digital marketing are helping merchants engage customers in new ways while building more resilient businesses. OBJ publisher Michael Curran...

Ottawa startup Field Effect has quickly become a dominant player in the global cybersecurity market. It's their ability to offer solutions to small and medium-sized firms that's helped fuel their rapid expansion and has people increasingly referring to them as the Shopify of the cybersecurity industry.

With consumers keen to support merchants in their community, an Ottawa startup is helping retailers connect with those prospective customers. Airbrowz uses geofencing technology to notify individuals of special promotions and offerings from retailers in their immediate area. In the episode, Techopia talks to Airbrowz co-founder Micheal Burnatowski and lawyer Jessica Barrow of Perley-Robertson, Hil...

Join OBJ publisher Michael Curran and Linebox Studio founder and award-winning architect Andrew Reeves for an interactive discussion of the future of the office. The novelty of the mandated work-from-home model is wearing thin for many organizations and their employees. With widespread vaccinations only months away and teams eager for in-person collaboration, it’s essential for employers to rethin...

Take a close look at any list of Ottawa’s hottest startups and you’ll see a common thread connecting many of them -- investments from the Capital Angel Network. Last year, the group invested $4.1 million in 20 companies, primarily in the National Capital Region. With a new year underway, what’s the angel investment outlook in Ottawa? What opportunities are investors looking for? And how can entrep...