Startup Preneur Inside: Great Though of Kampung Course Founder For Tazkia's Students
In order to stimulate entrepreneurship of students, Tazkia International Islamic Boarding School (IIBS) held inspiring talkshow inviting Danang Pamungkas, CEO of Kampung Course, in TICH.
Kampung Course is an online platform connecting course seeker to its provider. Danang has been inspired by complaints from some course institutions, having problem with student number, and course seekers, confusing to choose course institutes while they are abundant.
"The first step to start Kampung Course is searching for ideas to solve problems around us," he told in the beginning of his story.
Kampung Course enterprise operates in English Village Kediri temporarily. As its establishment, it might run nationally in the future.
The next step is idea validation of the products. Is the start up advantageous for society or vice versa ? It takes market research in the beginning of Kampung Course utilising social media such as Facebook and others.
"When idea and research are accepted by community, the following run is to start an online application based on android system by building solid team and experts in information technology, business, and design," he explained.
The last stage is setting up a business model to generate profit to manage the start-up and its future maintenance.
"The profit was only five to six hundreds rupiahs earlier, as it has run, today it becomes hundred millions per month," Danang Pamungkas impressed students.
Learning to trust Allah SWT is suggested for those willing to start business, especially, with information technology basis.
"Life concept I have found is hope, effort, prayer and believing. When we have great hope, effort and prayer, the most prominent thing is believing to Allah The Almighty," CEO, winning some regional and national contests, of kampung inggris told.