... Sales, no substantial partners, and no measurable impact on rate of success. The name was used by people wanting to sell communities to founders, because it's as sexy as calling everyone an entrepreneur, and startups gobbled it up to the glee of city leaders. And then sponsors didn't renew. VCs stopped showing up as much. The events remained popular, because heck, everyone is looking for some networking and the local microbrew, but the mismatch between "Accelerator" with accelerate ...