Are there enough raw materials to support an infrastructure of 500 accelerators? From investment pool to mentors, is that spreading the butter too thin? Let's take my home state of Louisiana for example. There are several "incubators" in the state. Office space and computer services offered, but few mentoring relationships are build. I don't know of any true accelerators. The incubator success rate is definitely up for argument. They tend to succeed more at wooing startups to move to the region, than really cultivating an educational growth program. It's a mindset that is not as prevalent in the region. I think the OA forum has a better chance of successful ventures, let's say in Baton Rouge, LA, than an accelerator would in the same location. Great ideas exist all over the country, but the quality infrastructure to build these into successes is extremely thin.