The Ibero-American Consortium sets itself apart from existing consortiums by addressing the distinctive challenges facing emerging Latin American and Hispanic entrepreneurship centers, compared to their longer established United States counterparts. This consortium operates on the premise that Latin America possesses distinctive characteristics and the necessary talent, capital, and market conditions within its unique context to catalyze explosive entrepreneurial growth. 

Advancing world-class education centers within universities is critical to widening the pipeline for more and better entrepreneurs, and is essential to the strengthening of entrepreneurial ecosystems in budding countries.