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		dag on Dec 18, 2007 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Milemeter: Buy Your Insurance By the Mile New startup idea: Take whatever USA-specific startup ideas are on the web and reimplement them in Canada. Works for any values of location and alternate_location.

run4yourlives on Dec 19, 2007 [–]

New? I've been thinking about this for years!

One of the problems though is that Canada's biggest market is the US. 35 Million people doesn't bring a heck of a lot of VC.

If you go Canada only, you need to modify your objectives.

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