More than a hundred SMEs in West Java have just completed the West Java SMEs Coaching Clinic Batch 5 2021 on Friday, June (15/6/2021), organized by the Greater Hub SBM ITB in collaboration with the Master of Business Administration Study Program, SBM ITB.
In the opening session, Dr. Dina Dellyana, Apt., as Director of the Greater Hub, stated that this was the first year the Coaching Clinic held with only 150 SMEs as participants. “Because of the pandemic this year, the number of participants is decreased. Normally, there are up to 300 participants,” she said.
However, this year’s Coaching Clinic is still being held, as a commitment from the Greater Hub, as a local incubator, to support the development of SMEs in West Java, “Don’t worry, this event will continue every year, regardless of the number of participants,” Dina said.
At the closing session of West Java SMEs Coaching Clinic Batch 5 yesterday, Fitri Hardiyanti, the CEO and CoFounder of Amiga.id, a consulting company focusing on administration, presented a workshop entitled “Financial Recording and Simple Bookkeeping for MSMEs.”
“Create business financial records while lying down” is the purpose of Amiga’s establishment. In her presentation, Fitri conveyed several essential points, including the problems commonly faced by SMEs/MSMEs, the importance of making financial records, the support needed for SMEs/MSMEs, a financial report, and financial records using aFin.
The West Java SMEs Coaching Clinic Batch 5 finally closed with the workshop “Digital Marketing for MSMEs” hosted by Muhammad Mufid Luthfi, the CMO of IDCloudhost, a domain, hosting, VPS, and dedicated server provider in Indonesia.
It is hoped that this Coaching Clinic organized by the Greater Hub can sustain as an annual program, and more SMEs participate every year so that West Java SMEs will continue to grow and become innovative companies driving the nation.
Written by Student Reporter (Tjia Alphani, Entrepreneurship 2022)