Published: 22 Sep 2019

Entrepreneurship has an important role to support Indonesia’s economy due to its ability to form independent and creative citizens, also draw investors to Indonesia which leads to the increase of national income. In order to support the economic growth in Indonesia, President University participates in efforts to develop the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Indonesia by creating an entrepreneurial atmosphere at the university through the university's business incubator named Setsail Biz-Accel and entrepreneurship courses. President University also took part in the Erasmus+ Capacity Building program in the field of Higher Education entitled Growing Indonesia: A Triangular Approach (GITA) which was initiated by the European Union.

On September 9-13, 2019, Rector of President University Prof. Dr. Jony Oktavian Haryanto and Rendika Nugraha, MBA as members of the GITA team from President University and lecturer in Entrepreneurship courses attended the Partnership Meeting at the Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) - Campus Bielefeld, Germany. The meeting was also attended by four universities from Europe including the University of Gloucestershire from the UK, Dublin Technological University of the Republic of Ireland, the University of Innsbruck from Austria, and Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) as the host.

The discussion raised in this meeting was the development of entrepreneurship education in Indonesia, especially in higher education institutions. The meeting also discussed how entrepreneurship education can synergize and work with business practitioners to strengthen the entrepreneurial ecosystem in Indonesia in general, especially entrepreneurship which is led by 7 universities in Indonesia as a GITA project partner.

Related to the discussion in this meeting, Rendika explained what universities need to do to achieve synergy and support the entrepreneurial ecosystem in a country. According to him, universities need to develop an entrepreneurship-based curriculum by incorporating values developed from the GITA project. The existence of a business incubator center at the university as a bridge between entrepreneurial knowledge from university and industry, as well as the active role of the university to establish cooperation with industries is important to develop entrepreneurial ecosystems at the university. Furthermore, Rendika revealed that the knowledge gained in this meeting will be very useful for the development of entrepreneurship education that currently has been implemented at President University.

On the same occasion, the seven university partners from Indonesia also met with start-up practitioners from Germany by visiting the entrepreneurship ecosystem development center in the city of Bielefeld, the Founders Foundation (https://foundersfoundation.de) and the Pioneers Club (https://pioneers.club).

From the visit to the city of Bielefeld, Rendika observed that startups in Bielefeld are developing their business towards Business to Business (B2B) model more than Business to Consumer (B2C) model. "In my opinion, compared to Indonesia, we should pay more attention at the larger market potential in terms of population and also think more about problems that could be turned into business opportunities for students in Indonesia," he said.

In addition, this meeting is a continuation of a series of activities in which President University received a grant from the European Union in the form of supporting facilities to develop Setsail Biz-Accel as a business incubator center at the university. (CA/SL)

 


 

President University Mendukung Perkembangan Ekosistem Kewirausahaan di Indonesia

Kewirausahaan memiliki peran yang penting dalam mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia. Hal ini karena kewirausahaan dapat menciptakan masyarakat yang mandiri dan kreatif, serta mendatangkan investor yang berujung pada penambahan devisa negara. Untuk mendukung pertumbuhan ekonomi di Indonesia, President University turut serta dalam usaha mengembangkan ekosistem kewirausahaan di Indonesia dengan menciptakan atmosfer wirausaha di universitas melalui inkubator bisnis Setsail Biz Accel dan mata kuliah kewirausahan. President University juga ambil bagian dalam program Erasmus+ Capacity Building in the field of Higher Education bertajuk  Growing Indonesia: A Triangular Approach (GITA) yang digagas oleh Uni Eropa.

Tanggal 9-13 September 2019 lalu, President University yang diwakili oleh Prof. Dr. Jony Oktavian Haryanto selaku rektor President University serta Rendika Nugraha, MBA selaku anggota tim GITA dari President University dan dosen mata kuliah Kewirausahaan menghadiri Partnership Meeting di Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) - Campus Bielefeld, Jerman. Rapat tersebut dihadiri oleh  4 universitas dari Eropa antara lain University of Gloucestershire dari UK, Technological Unversity Dublin dari Republik Irlandia, University of Innsbruck dari Austria, dan Fachhochschule des Mittelstands (FHM) sendiri sebagai tuan rumah.

Agenda pembahasan yang diangkat pada rapat kali ini adalah pengembangan pendidikan kewirausahaan di Indonesia khususnya di lembaga pendidikan tinggi. Dibahas juga bagaimana pendidikan kewirausahaan tersebut dapat melakukan sinergi dan bekerjasama dengan pelaku bisnis sehingga dapat memperkuat ekosistem kewirausahaan di Indonesia secara umum terutama kewirausahaan  yang digawangi oleh 7 universitas di Indonesia sebagi mitra proyek GITA.

Terkait pembahasan dalam pertemuan ini, Rendika mengutarakan hal yang perlu dilakukan universitas untuk mewujudkan sinergi dan mendukung ekosistem kewirausahaan. Menurutnya, universitas perlu mengembangkan kurikulum yang berbasis kewirausahaan  dengan memasukkan nilai-nilai yang dikembangkan dari proyek GITA. Adanya pusat inkubator bisnis di universitas sebagai jembatan antara pengetahuan kewirausahaan dari kampus ke industri, serta peran aktif dari universitas untuk menjalin kerja sama dengan industri penting untuk mengembangkan ekosistem kewirausahaan di universitas. Lebih lanjut, Rendika mengungkapkan bahwa pengetahuan yang didapat dalam pertemuan ini akan sangat berguna bagi pengembangan pendidikan kewirausahaan yang saat ini telah berlangsung di President University.

Di kesempatan yang sama, ketujuh mitra universitas dari Indonesia juga bertemu dengan para penggiat start-up dari negara Jerman dengan berkunjung ke pusat pengembangan ekosistem kewirausahan di kota Bielefeld yaitu Founders Foundation (https://foundersfoundation.de) dan  Pioneers Club (https://pioneers.club).

Dari kunjungan ke kota Bielefeld tersebut Rendika mengamati  bahwa startup disana lebih banyak mengembangkan bisnisnya ke arah Business to Business (B2B) dibanding Business to Consumer (B2C). “Jika dibandingkan dengan indonesia, menurut saya kita harus lebih melihat potensi pasar yang besar secara jumlah penduduk dan juga berpikir lebih terbuka terhadap pemasalahan yang dapat menjadi peluang bisnis para mahasiswa dan penggiat startup di Indonesia,” ujarnya.

Rapat di Kota Bielefeld ini merupakan lanjutan dari rangkaian kegiatan dimana President University mendapatkan hibah dari Uni Eropa berupa fasilitas penunjang untuk mengembangkan Setsail BizAccel sebagai pusat inkubator bisnis di universitas. (CA/SL)