Dare to Design Business Since Young

Participants’ presentation as follow-up of

entrepreneurship program

Stube-HEMAT Sumba is a student-mentoring program that expect participants who take part in the training  become a qualified person. For the sake of it, program of Entrepreneurship training: promotion and market in digital era was held at GKS Pambotandjara, Wairinding, a branch of GKS Umamapu, on Friday-Sunday, May 12-14, 2017. The training was attended by students from several campuses, such as STT Terpadu, Unkriswina, AKN and local church youth discussing a topic on how to open business in digital era and invited participants to bring up their creative ideas of business and practice their plan in next 5 years.

Participants arranged their follow-up planning before present the ideas on Saturday, May 27, 2017 at Stube-HEMAT Sumba secretariat. It was attended by 14 participants and 3 members of Stube-HEMAT Sumba team, Apriyanto Hangga, Jufri Adi Papa and Yulius Anawaru, who hosted the presentation.

The participants presented their next five years plan. First, Naser Hailu Poti, a student in Wirawacana Christian University, who has been working on ducks farming business in Lambanapu. He and his friends keep the ducks and sell the eggs. Second, Ekivianus Bulu, a student in STT Terpadu, whose plan is opening Sumbanese food stall, such as corn rice, nuts rice, and local side-dishes in the next 5 years. Also, the stall will be decorated with typical art of Sumba. Third, Putra Jayadi, a student of State Community Academy (AKN) Waingapu, who has started a business as carpenter. In next five years he and his father focus on wood business and furnitures for buildings. There were other various ideas came up.

Apriyanto Hangga, one of the Stube-HEMAT Sumba team really appreciated ideas and plans of each participant. He gave input to Naser in developing laying ducks that it needs to set production target, open selling place and broaden the promotion. Yulius Anawaru gave Ekivianus inputs to find a strategic place, so that the food stalls can be reached by tourists and the food menus should be various so the consumers have many choices, and make them satisfied.

Yohan Mbani, one of training participants responded the training held by Stube-HEMAT Sumba as a topic that open his insight about entrepreneurship, because there were many opportunities to open a business in this era. “I have found several things from this learning to be developed since now or in the next five years, such as opening a livestock business as daily life income source,” he said.

So to young people, recognize your talent and develop it as a business started from what you have until you are able to earn money. Don’t give up, keep on learning to be independent although from the simple one. (Naomy Mora Kalak).