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Encouraging Student Entrepreneurship, SEC USU Holds Business Plan Workshop

Published At

13 June 2017

Published By

Fenny Julistine Tarigan

Pijar, Medan. A country can develop if it has entrepreneurs who make up as many as two per cent of the total population. Until now, Indonesia still needs entrepreneurs to boost its economy. A country increasing's number of entrepreneurs will undoubtedly increase the number of jobs, and the quality of people's welfare can also increase people's

Therefore, the Student Entrepreneurship Center (SEC) of Universitas Sumatera Utara (USU) invited students to a Business Plan Workshop. The workshop was held on Tuesday, June 13, 2017, at the 2nd Floor Conference Room of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences (FISIP) USU. Starting at 09.00 WIB, Vice Dean I of the Faculty of Social and Political Sciences USU, Husni Thamrin, S.Sos, MSP, opened the event. This training aims to encourage more students to enter the world of entrepreneurship.

After the opening, the training continued with the material session. Syafrizal Helmi, a USU Faculty of Business Economics lecturer, was the first material resource person. He explained several important things related to the world of entrepreneurship. Game-changing, create your name market and collaborate. Syafrizal noted these three points. In addition, he also listed three types of potential successful entrepreneurs: innovators, connectors, and adaptors.

"Nowadays, when discussing entrepreneurship, we should not immediately focus on profit orientation because the trend has led to social business. So, besides being able to help yourself, it can certainly benefit others," said Syafrizal in his presentation.

More than 100 USU students attended the training, which was held at the Faculty of Social Sciences and the USU Institute for Research and Community Development (LPPM). In addition to the opening material on entrepreneurship, SEC also presented Dra. Lisa Marlina, M.Si, to discuss financial management in entrepreneurship.

SEC USU has one sustainable entrepreneurship program, the Student Entrepreneurship Program (PMW). This program is open to all USU students, from those needing business funds to those wanting to create a business. However, the funds that are rolled out to students with selected business plans are 'responsibility' grants. Ali's students who get funds are expected to be consistent and continuous in running a business.

In reality, entrepreneurs predominantly choose to design their businesses in big cities. Several regions in Indonesia still need to be developed. The existence of PMW SEC USU is expected to increase the number of young entrepreneurs born from this green campus of North Sumatra. (RGA/Pijar)
 

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