UNAIR NEWS – Prophet Muhammad SAW is a trader.聽When he was 25 years old, he went to trade to Syam.聽Therefore, Islam teaches its people to be independent, especially as entrepreneurs.
In an effort to encourage the Entrepreneurial Climate and train students to become entrepreneurs, the Department of Islamic Economics Faculty of Economics and Business 东京热 held聽Islamic Economics Startup Acceleration Night聽.聽The awards night which took place on Monday, May 14 in Fajar Notonegoro Hall was the final phase of entrepreneurship course.
There were three parts.聽The first聽was showcase alley聽(expo), second was聽startup-investor matchmaking聽(bring potential investors /聽Shohibul Maal聽with actors聽startup聽to obtain investment), third聽was arena pitch聽battle(three-stages聽startup聽that have been curated in competition before panelists).
In this course, students must create a business and run it until it reaches the turnover target.聽This is considered challenging, because, some of them have not known the world of entrepreneurship.聽Some even had to work hard to get business ideas.
This struggle is felt by Barana team consisting of Fathin Su’aidi, Fanda, Elok, Atha, and Fatimah.聽Before starting the business, the Barana team had to go back and forth to Lumajang to explore the cooperation with the partners.
The Barana team chose the聽citypreneur聽field聽as their business idea.聽They promoted Lumajang’s product, bananas.聽Lumajang is famous as the largest production of bananas.聽Unfortunately, it has not been used to be a product with higher selling value.聽Barana team proposed a new concept of marketing banana juice in beverage products.
In one production, Barana produces 20 liters for 70 bottles.聽The production process is done every two weeks in Lumajang.聽Afterwards, the product is shipped to Surabaya.
“We have submitted our ideas 5 to 6 times to our supervisor to start a decent business,” said Fathin, CEO of Barana.
Regardless of the constraints and challenges, Fatin said, the existence of this entrepreneurial course can add experience in organizing business.聽The most important thing is to deal with external partners.
In addition to the field of聽citypreneur,聽another team of Traject Trip Adventure chose the聽edutrip聽field聽to provide travelling services with a complete package.聽Various facilities ranging from accommodation, transportation, photography, to聽catering聽, with destinations to Bali, Yogyakarta, Bromo, to Gili Ketapang.聽Traject Trip Adventure team was able to reap 26 million turnover.聽Their market share consists of high school students (SMA) to college students.
“This business is a聽low budget聽travel聽that provides a complete package.聽So customers just need to sit and enjoy the journey, “said Muhammad Alwy, one of the team members.聽(*)
Author: Siti Nur Umami
Editor: Binti Q. Masruroh
