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The\nChairperson of the Business Incubator Center \/ Oorange of Padjadjaran\nUniversity, Diana Sari, PhD, explained that KBMI encourages the growth of\nentrepreneurial character among Indonesian students. The program also seeks to\ndevelop innovative and creative technology-based entrepreneurship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When\nsocializing the KBMI 2019 program at Bale Sawala Rectorate Building Jatinangor,\nWednesday (20\/3), Diana also explained, KBMI’s important point is to help\nstudents to determine the uniqueness of technology-based businesses by finding\nthe right market gap to increase chances of business success.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Uniqueness\nis an important thing in business. If you continue to do business just like the\nothers, it would give no competitive advantage, “Diana said in front of\nthe students participating in the socialization.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This\nyear, Unpad expects a number of students to compete in KBMI so that a lot of\npotential young entrepreneurs in Unpad are able to develop their skill at this\ncompetition. Last year, there were only 4 teams from Unpad participating in the\nKBMI.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We\nare very confident that the business plans from Unpad students are spectacular.\nThe potential (that) Unpad (has) is (shown by the number of teams that passed\nlast year, which are) more than 4 teams in 2018,” she explained.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Consisting\nof 3-5 people for each group, KBMI participants are active students enrolling\nin Diploma and Bachelor education programs. Forming a team of people from\ndifferent major is allowed, as long as they are from the same university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Student\napplicants can only submit one proposal for a group. The submission of\nproposals is done by completing the online form and uploading the documents\nalong with the supporting evidence on the PKMI SIM page http:\/\/sim-pkmi.ristekdikti.go.id\/<\/a>.\nEach registering group of participants must be legalized by their respective university.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nagenda for the KBMI 2019 consists of proposals submission, desk evaluations and\nstipulations, mentoring and training, monitoring and evaluation, and KMI expos.\nThe group that receives the KBMI assistance will be the participant of the KMI\nExpo which is going to be held at Batam State Polytechnic Riau Islands, 8 – 11\nNovember 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Diana\nalso expects the participating students to scrutinize the proposals which they\nare going to submit so that the proposal can truly portray their creative ideas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n “It\ncould be that the idea is good but (they are not good at) showcasing it. (If\nthat is the case,) you will fail at the desk evaluation step,” she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If\nthey pass, the group will receive a grant from the Ministry of Research,\nTechnology and Higher Education (Kemenristekdikti) and business accompaniment\nfrom their university. The grant ranges from IDR 10 million to IDR 40 million.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nKBMI proposal itself is open from March 9 to April 25, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The\nsocialization is then continued with a business presentation session from the\nDeputy Dean of the Faculty of Agricultural Industrial Technology, Dr. Dwi\nPurnomo and FEB Unpad Lecturer Dr. Asep Mulyana. *<\/p>\n\n\n\n