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An innovative business idea can strike at any time. Just ask Igor Faletski, John Boxall and Peter McLachlan. While waiting for a bus in the Vancouver rain in 2007, they conjured up the concept for an SMS application that would provide passengers with up-to-the minute transit data on their mobile device. It was one of the first systems of its kind in North America.

An innovative business idea can strike at any time. Just ask Igor Faletski, John Boxall and Peter McLachlan. While waiting for a bus in the Vancouver rain in 2007, they conjured up the concept for an SMS application that would provide passengers with up-to-the minute transit data on their mobile device. It was one of the first systems of its kind in North America.To read the original article: Do business accelerators really work? - The Globe and Mail