The Role of Young Entrepreneurs in Supporting People’s Economic Development

Monday (14/4) Bachelor program of Management held an Entrepreneurship Seminar at the Widyatama Multi-purpose building (GSG) by the theme of “Wirausaha muda Membangun Ekonomi Rakyat”. On this occasion, Mrs. Keni Kaniawati as the Lecturer coordinator for the Business Planning Course acted as the moderator. This activity was one of the programs of Busniness and Management Faculty of Widyatama University which is routinely held every year, not only seminars but there are also Expo Entrepreneurs, Business Debate Plans, Entrepreneurship Villages and Bazzar.

Entrepreneurship seminar is one media for all aspects, especially young people, and UTama students who want to know a lot about entrepreneurship. One of the goals of this entrepreneurship seminar is to open up an entrepreneurial mindset in present-day young people, and it is from this minset that independent, innovative, creative and spirit of leadership will emerge.

 

According to the entrepreneurship seminar speaker, Dr. Agung Sudjatmoko. MM (Chairperson of Dekopin Harian Pusat Jakarta), Entrepreneurship development among campuses is a strategic program to build young entrepreneurs who have quality human resources. Increasing the entrepreneurial ratio in our country must be supported by the quality of young entrepreneurs. In this position the campus is a strategic choice for building young entrepreneurs. Widyatama University entrepreneurship seminar is a form of socialization that supports students’ interest in becoming young entrepreneurs who strengthen the people’s economy. The hope of this activity continues with workshops as young entrepreneurs, business motivation training and exhibitions of young entrepreneurship work plus the development of business networks with partners for the development of youth businesses.

Agung added that it would be great for the existence of the Business Learning Laboratory, the Center for Entrepreneurship Development in the P2M Environment even with the existence of Collaborative Universities in the campus, to be used to meet the needs of academics such as Japan or some countries that have advanced cooperatives.