Have you ever imagined that you want to start a business with just the Imagination "Idea"? Of course this is nonsense, but currently there are many entrepreneurs who only use their brilliant ideas as capital, making it a qualified business opportunity. One example is Gojek. Who would have thought that in a few years in the future there would be an online "Ojek" that can be ordered through a handheld device (Gadget aka Smartphone). The power of ideas has resulted in a social revolution.
Indeed, it is not necessarily just based on imagination. Let's dissect and think for a moment. All efforts, whether successful or failed, originally came from thoughts, the fruit of these thoughts is called an idea or concept.
adbmi.org - Want to build a business, but it has not been realized because of this, because of that, many reasons. "I actually planned a similar business, but it was rushed by so-and-so" and, then nothing happened.
Development is wallowing in the situation quo. Everything is still a wish list and limited to complaints about financial facilitation training.
Empowerment, building from a helpless situation, unable to become independent (standing on one's own feet). In the context of empowerment, the process of internalization and organizing carried out by activists is often mispracticed as "Forcing oneself to become a villager".
NGO (Non-Governmental Organization) activists remain outsiders (outside of a particular group). And therefore, as outsiders, they must not create new dependencies for village communities (Insiders).
Outsiders may come and go, but the existence of all the experiences and potential in the village must continue.
The debate, why Sasak people migrate to become Laborers (in old terminology) abroad. Becoming a laborer itself, is not a problem, because most of the Sasak people were born and raised into families of Laborers, Farmers and Fishermen.
As a small archipelago, Lombok Island has a very limited agricultural land area with a very high population density in 2011 reaching 696 people per square kilometer (above the national population density).
Migrant worker families trained in financial management and gender-equitable entrepreneurship. As many as 500 families trained in family financial planning,
Then, 250 KK BMI (Indonesian Migrant Workers) have a business plan. Training for gender-sensitive family financial management facilitators. 20 parafinance people received further training,
A total of 10 people from 20 parafinance received further training,
And, as many as 10 people out of 20 parafinance remain active in providing assistance and are able to apply their knowledge for themselves and their families. The TKI KUR program is still running.
The Back up Plan from the local government (STT Service) and the UMKM Cooperative Service are involved in supporting the program by encouraging KUR operators to be more flexible.
The above writing is data obtained from the field when the Indonesian Migrant Workers Advocacy Foundation (ADBMI) carried out community empowerment activities with a concentration on remittance financial management in several districts in East Lombok.
What is intended to be conveyed in this activity is that finances can be stable if managed well, not only for consumptive matters such as buying goods whose value easily decreases.
However, ADBMI emphasized that finances with remittance sources sent abroad can be channeled in the form of MSME businesses. So that the consumptive nature can be suppressed by building independent businesses.
Then it is managed, and the profits obtained from the business can be used for daily needs so that the remittance money sent from abroad can be saved as a guarantee for the family's future.
Building a Imaginary Capital Business
Before discussing what is "Imaginary capital business", let's first discuss the emergence of the theory of gravity. What is gravity? Maybe the average of the readers here can explain what the theory of gravity is, even the inventor and his story must have known.
The story of the birth of the theory of "Gravity" is quite related to the "Imaginary Capital Business" that we will examine now.
Let's review, the birth of the "Theory of Gravity" began with Sir Isaac Newton who was hit by an apple while sitting under an apple tree, and finally discovered the theory of gravity.
From a different source, According to William Stukeley, an archaeologist who wrote Newton's biography in 1752, the story is not like that. Stukeley recounts that one day, after dinner, Newton went out to drink tea in the garden.
Then he found an apple falling straight down from the tree, so a question arose in his own mind. From those questions Newton learned a lot and finally gave birth to many physics theories and discoveries.
From Newton's story, we can take a common thread (hypothesis) that can be correlated or connected with what is "imaginary capital business".
The common thread is that Newton succeeded in discovering the theory of gravity based on curiosity and questions always appearing in his head, so he conducted research on this matter.
Up to this point, understand, the beginning of his discovery came from questions, from his anxiety, thus giving birth to an idea or concept. And now he is known as the inventor of the theory of gravity.
Not much different from building a business. A business is born from an idea or concept in the mind. Which if practiced with the right method will produce a stable and long-lasting business.
Readers need to know before building a business, the nature of a business is to last long and be consistent. "A business can be said to be successful if it can get through critical times in order to maintain its existence," said the author.
Finally, if Sir Isaac Newton was able to become an inventor, then you can also become a reliable entrepreneur if you work hard, apply methods that are suitable for your type of business, apply market analysis so that you know your target market, always innovate in your business so that it is not monotonous and boring.
Remember, if the opportunity you are waiting for does not come, then you create your own opportunity. Waiting is uncertain and just a waste of time. Use your time as productively as possible.
Catatan Pendamping Lapangan (2010)
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