Become A More Connected, Better Resourced Leader
Entrepreneurship ecosystems thrive when the people building them are connected to peers, knowledge, partnerships, and capital.
This is why the Global Entrepreneurship Network (GEN) and IDB Lab created GET Fellows—a one-year leadership experience designed to help ecosystem catalizers expand your influence, deepen global networks, and amplify their capacity to drive ecosystem impact.
Apply by July 22, 2026 · The GET Fellows program begins in September
GET FELLOWS
A Gateway to the GET Platform
GET Fellows, through the Global Entrepreneurship and Technology (GET) Platform, participate in a curated experience that connects your work, your organizations, and your ecosystems to opportunities globally. The program includes three complementary experiences:
Connects ecosystem leaders through a trusted community that transforms those relationships and opportunities into ongoing collaboration and impact throughout the year.
Convenes the region's entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem, creating opportunities for connection, collaboration, and engagement with global leaders.
Captures, showcases, and amplifies ecosystem knowledge, stories, and perspectives that elevate the visibility of organizations and leaders strengthening entrepreneurial ecosystems.
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WHAT YOU WILL UNLOCK
The GET Fellows Experience
Curated Access
Connect with leading ecosystem builders, investors, mentors, and partners through curated interactions, strategic introductions, and engagement opportunities across the GET Platform.
Practical Capability
Strengthen the capabilities needed to build stronger organizations, partnerships, and entrepreneurial ecosystems.
Community
Join a trusted community of peers committed to strengthening entrepreneurship and innovation.
Visibility and Recognition
Elevate the visibility of your work, your organization, and your ecosystem through engagement across the GET Platform.
WHO YOU WILL MEET
The GET Leadership Circle
While not a formal mentorship program, GET Fellows creates opportunities for meaningful connections and strategic engagement with individuals shaping the future of entrepreneurship, innovation, and investment globally.
Through curated interactions—including roundtables, small-group conversations, and networking events—participants gain access to perspectives, connections, and insights from leaders working across entrepreneurship ecosystems, investment, policy, and innovation.
These leaders provide visibility into global opportunities, share lessons from their own journeys, and help GET Fellows connect to people, ideas, and networks beyond their immediate reach.
GET Fellows will have opportunities to engage with leaders such as:
WHO SHOULD APPLY
Designed for Ecosystem Leaders
This cohort is focused on leaders from entrepreneur support organizations (ESOs), angel investor networks, and public sector entrepreneurship and innovation programs across Latin America and the Caribbean.
Leaders of accelerators, incubators, startup support programs, entrepreneurship centers, innovation hubs, chambers of commerce, and organizations that provide services, connections, or capacity-building to entrepreneurs.
Leaders of angel groups, investor syndicates, investor associations, and other organizations that mobilize private capital and support early-stage investing.
Leaders of government agencies, economic development organizations, innovation agencies, and publicly funded programs that support entrepreneurship, innovation, investment readiness, or ecosystem development.
See full eligibility requirements
THE INVESTMENT
Program Fees + Scholarships
Your investment covers a full year of programming and an in-person experience in Quito, Ecuador*.
Program Fee: USD 1,500**
What's included:
- One-year Fellow program
- Life-long connectivity to global peer community
- Strategic introductions to advance your goals
- Thought leadership opportunities to elevate your visibility
- Four hotel nights in Quito, Ecuador and GET Forum registration fees
*Flights not included
**Scholarships are available.
PROGRAM TIMELINE
The GET Fellows Journey: A One-Year Leadership Experience
The program is designed to fit busy schedules, with a mix of virtual sessions and in-person opportunities.
APPLY
Applications are open until July 22, 2026 · Selected candidates notified by August 1.
CONNECT
September 2026-February 2027
The experience begins with six months of relationship-building, peer exchange, and exposure to ecosystem-building practices from across the region and around the world.
Pre-GET Forum Meeting (Sep 2026) · GET Forum (Oct 5–7, 2026 | Quito, Ecuador) · Post-Forum Meetings (Oct 2026 – Feb 2027)
ACTIVATE + EXPAND
March-August 2027
Drawing on the IDB Group, GEN, and partner networks, Fellows engage in tailored opportunities for collaboration, strategic introductions, ecosystem exchange, thought leadership, and partnership-building across the broader GET Platform.
One-to-One Strategic Introductions · In-Person Activations · Thought Leadership + Visibility
ALUMNI
Beyond the program
As alumni, Fellows remain connected to the relationships, networks, and opportunities cultivated through the GET Platform. Through continued engagement with GET Forum, GET Insights, and future GET initiatives, Fellows become part of a growing community that connects local ecosystem leadership with regional and global opportunities for collaboration, visibility, partnership-building, and impact.
Ready to Apply?
Join a select group of leaders building stronger ecosystems across Latin America and the Caribbean — backed by GEN and IDB Lab. Applications are due July 22, 2026.
Still have questions? Read the GET Fellows FAQs for more information.
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