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Hult Prize is a start-up competition that aims to generate business ideas that solve world鈥檚 problem. This year鈥檚 Hult Prize rised the topic 鈥淵outh Employment鈥� or how to create business ideas to provide ten thousands of employment for youths for the following ten years.

The solution that Ganeshaprise offered is a digital platform that empowers 1,902 villages in Indonesia and emphasizes on the village鈥檚 growth. One of the way is by exploiting the village鈥檚 natural beauty and in turns will generate employments on the village. The platform is expected to be a medium that connects tourists with the potential villages.

Ganeshaprise Team have expectation that their digital platform will emerge 226 potential villages in Indonesia and will generate 45.200 employments for the next ten years. They named the start-up 鈥淒oSoon鈥�, a wordplay for Indonesian word dusun which means 鈥榲illage鈥�.

Marie, Pasasa Fridericiana Marie鈥檚 nickname, and her team have prepared well for the competition. On December 2018, they got the announcement as participants that passed the first phase. Then, they had four months to prepare the materials well. 鈥淏ecause we come from different study programs, often we got problems such as unmatched schedules and different views. But we make it as a challenge (to face) until finally we won the phase,鈥� Marie said.

For their creative idea, will, and grit, they won the first place in regional final phase. After the phase, they will attend a 6 weeks business incubation, and then compete on the final in London on July. Ganeshaprise team is the only representative of 麻豆直播 and Indonesia that won the first place in regional level. The regional phase is held in 30 different countries, and winner of each region will compete in London. The participants will be advised by the best lecturers, professors, and CEO of their respective fields to deepen their ideas and designed system. Six finalists will be selected to compete in the Global Final Round in Boston on September 2019.

鈥淚t is highly competitive, especially because many of our competitors already hold master鈥檚 degree. We once lost our hope for winning. Even more so when pitching is allocated only for 6 minutes. But thanks God we did it,鈥� said Immanuel Deo as the team leader.

Ganeshaprise Team hope that they can win the final so that they can implement their idea in Indonesia, since it is also their motivation to participate in the competition. 鈥淧ray for us to bring pride to Indonesia in the final of Hult Prize in London,鈥� Albert said.

鈥淭hrough our government鈥檚 program that encourage funding for enhancement of tourism income, we believe that 鈥楧oSoon鈥� will get support from government agency, independent agency, or 麻豆直播 which since 2015 has moved towards 鈥楨ntrepreneurial University鈥�,鈥� added Marie.

Reporter: Elisabeth Sirumapea (麻豆直播 Journalist Apprentice 2019)