Saturday (16/7) FMIPA UII held a Digital Entrepreneur Business Idea Competition START YOUR STARTUP 2.0. This event is an event held to increase student interest and innovation in developing business while providing a forum and facilities for students so that business innovation can be realized in real terms. This Digital Entrepreneur Business Idea Competition START YOUR STARTUP 2.0 is the second time this event has been held after previously in 2021 for the first time this event was held. The event, which was opened on June 10-7 July 2022, was attended by 11 participants from various faculties at UII who had successfully passed the proposal screening process from the committee.

Located at the FMIPA UII Auditorium, the event opened with the reading of divine words and continued with a speech by the Dean of FMIPA UII. In his remarks, the Dean of FMIPA UII explained, “This event is a very good event because usually FMIPA students only have ideas but do not know how to realize them in the form of business so they need to collaborate with other faculty students.”

Starting with a presentation from Team 1, namely Jogjaship by introducing its product, Jogja Internship which is a website-based platform to bridge the gap between internship seekers and hiring managers as a solution to the lack of internship experience and non-academic activities for pre-employment students. Team 2, namely JB Corps with the tagline “Zero Waste with JB (Jelantah Benefit) presented its product in the form of JB Wash. JB Wash is an environmentally friendly detergent product that uses waste in the form of detergent oil. Furthermore, Team 3, HoofLoaf, created an innovation in the form of an application with the “Fit Your Feet” feature that allows users to design their own shoes according to their wishes based on the templates provided. Followed by Team 4 with the name Startup Glykos, focusing on developing a business in the culinary field called chem pudding. Chem Pudding is a unique product because it is able to present chemistry according to its name, namely chem which means chemistry. Team 5, Zuballah Corporation, created a new breakthrough by developing a product called Smart Trash Bin. The advantage of this product is that it is able to sort waste from various types and categories automatically. Team 6, namely Guwigo Id, designed a product in the form of a digital invitation called Invitation Q. This product presents various types of invitations and greeting cards that can be accessed online without being limited by time and number of people. Team 7, Aksara Corp., developed a coffee product business from fruit extracts and residue from processing apple peels and seeds under the brand name Caffenepel. Plantmaker.Id as Team 8 introduces an e-commerce application that focuses on ornamental plants. The application system is for consumers to place orders, then partner producers will send ornamental plant products through couriers in partnership with plantmaker.id. Next Team 9, Swakarya Medika, presented their service called Anseaty. Anseaty is a website that provides Mental Health Kits and free consulting for people with mental disorders. Then Team 10, Gardena, provides a one stop solution platform that answers the needs of customers as landowners and gardeners. Gardena is a business innovation engaged in garden design and construction. It ended with a presentation from Team 11, namely Aila Tech, who created an alternative to environmentally friendly liquid soap that was able to purify najis mughallazah named Clayyis.

The event was closed by the Deputy Dean of Religion, Student Affairs and Alumni of FMIPA UII. Tri Esti, as the Deputy Dean of Religion, Student Affairs and Alumni of FMIPA UII expressed her appreciation to students who have an innovative mindset in creating new businesses and FMIPA UII is willing to provide full support to students who have good business prospects. Based on the consideration of the jury, it was decided that Team 6, namely Guwigo Id, managed to become the third winner, Gardena as Team 10 became the second winner and Team 5, Zuballah Corporation, managed to become the first winner in this year’s Digital Entrepreneur Business Idea Competition event.