BANDUNG, unpas.ac.id – Following up of coordination meeting between Division of Student Affairs and PIIB few days ago, PIC of Entrepreneurship Universitas Pasundan Dr. Ida Hindarsah, M.M held an FGD of assigned research “Model Manajemen Start-Up untuk Penguatan Program Kewirausahaan Mahasiswa”, on Thursday, 6 October 2022.
The discussion was held to create similar perception as well as gather the assigned research data from Business Incubator, BEM and HIPMI in five universities, including Universitas Pasundan, Universitas Islam Bandung, Telkom University, Universitas Komputer Indonesia, and Universitas Widyatama.
This research aimed to increase the number of start-up business at campus by using proper start-up management model; therefore, it could accelerate the birth of start-up business and reduce its business failure.
“We focus on discussing the existing condition of start-up business in those five universities. Based on what we have discussed, the obstacles often found was because the lack of socialization of business incubator, tenant follow up, and lack of well-developed ecosystem or training and mentoring,” he explained.
He also added that business incubator has neither been able to manage the time properly nor known their market target very well. Also, students’ impatience on attending incubation process was also one of the reasons.
“Our challenges are, the institutions on each university have their own different terms, structures and functions. Not to mention the number of tenants and various curriculum,” he said.
According to him, its needed commitment from business incubator organizes to build various ecosystems. These organizers also need to involve external party and collaborate with other incubators in different universities.
Moreover, since the establishment of the MBKM policy, students are required to act as the backbone of the nation’s economic independence, one of which is through the form of MBKM program on Entrepreneurial learning
“In fact, the increase in the number of the workforce for a long time, while limited job opportunities has resulted in an increase in the number of unemployed college graduates by 1 million people or around 15.7 percent,” he continued.
Not only that, the failure rate of start-up companies even reached 95 percent and start-ups were 62.2 percent. “So, it is important to find a start-up management model in student entrepreneurial activities, so that business failures can be minimized,” he concluded. (Reta)**
