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Nike's Fuelband activity monitor is all about the numbers.

So when Dylan Boyd, managing director of the Nike+ Accelerator partnered with TechStars, took the stage Monday at Nike (NKE) world headquarters in Beaverton, Ore. for the program's demo day, he revealed some interesting stats from the accelerator's three-month stint. Over the previous 84 days, the 10 participating startups had earned 3,472,366 NikeFuel points while giving 4,683 pitches and participating in 2,880 speed-mentor sessions. And logging long hours and late nights in their Portland, Ore. workspace, they also drank 6,412 cups of Starbucks (SBUX) and Stumptown coffee (and recorded a high score of 212,256 on the office PAC-MAN machine).

To read the full, original article click on this link: Why Nike's startup accelerator matters - Fortune Tech