01 Arieszetni.pmd Mohamad Yusak Anshori, Tri Siwi Agustina, The Readiness of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya University (Unusa) to Be the Centre of Development of Rahmatan Lil Alamin Entrepreneur (EnPlus) 7777 The Readiness of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya University (Unusa) to Be the Centre of Development of Rahmatan Lil Alamin Entrepreneur (EnPlus) Mohamad Yusak Anshori*, Tri Siwi Agustina** *Economic and Business Faculty of Universitas Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya **Economic and Business Faculty of Universitas Airlangga Surabaya email: yusak.anshori@Unusa.ac.id*, agustina2772@gmail.com** Abstract: Brush (2014) states that to make the student having the spirit of entrepreneurship they have to develop start-ups in term of realizing a university venture and also to give benefit for the society, therefore, an ecosystem that is called Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem is needed. Unusa is one of the universities in Indonesia that has a strong vision to prepare a generation having spirit of Rahmatan Lil Alamin entrepreneurship based on Islamic values. The objective of this paper is to describe the readiness of Unusa to be a university with Islamic values under the Nahdlatul Ulama organization to be the Entrepreneurship Ecosystem from the aspect of Brush’s theory (2014). From the result of this discussion it is find out that in spite of only six years old in age Unusa has some breakthroughs to develop the entrepreneurship education ecosystem. However, it is urgent for Unusa to develop Business Incubator seeing that the number of Unusa students are more and more from years to years. Such fact cannot be separated from the mission of Unusa to be the centre of entrepreneurs development and building in Indonesia. It can be concluded that Unusa is ready to become the centre of Rahmatan Lil Alamin entrepreneur development and building and will sup- port the government program of One Pesantren One Product (OPOP) Keywords: entrepreneur rahmatan lil alamin (enplus), entrepreneurship education system, one pesantren one product (OPOP). INTRODUCTION Entrepreneurship is a science relating to one’s value, ability and behavior facing any challenge of life (effort). Entrepreneurship also a science of ability of creating something new and different. Entrepreneurship is the science of one’s art, behavior, feature, characteristics and personality of person to have an ability to realize ideas (Zimmerer and Scarborough, 1998). University is a place where invention and innovation can grow. To help students and gradu- ates to have maximal potentials to be creators and innovators, some support must be pro- vided. This is in line with the opinion of Leon et al (2007) who states that there are some social factors that may influence one’s decision to take a career as an entrepreneur, among others are his education, physical infrastruc- ture, entrepreneur support service and univer- sity specific support mechanism, such as pro- viding facility and place for students to develop its entrepreneur ability. Therefore, Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya Uni- versity (Unusa) as one of the universities in Indonesia that has a strong vision to prepare a generation of Rahmatan Lil Alamin having the spirit of entrepreneurship based on Islamic val- ues in its implementation always gives some guidance to the students starting from recogniz- ing, inspiriting up to implementing the entre- preneurship. The era of digital development nowadays surely will encourage the students to Business and Finance Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, March 2020 78 be the strategic agent of change in building the Indonesian nation and economy in future. More- over, up to the next ten years, Indonesia will enjoy the demography bonus or momentum where Indonesian population will be dominated by productive age (15–64 years old person) population that will reach 70% (Bappenas, 2017). The Rector of Unusa, Prof Achmad Jazidie, M.Eng, states that Pondok Pesantren has ex- traordinary power of entrepreneurship, that is why it is very suitable that Governor of East Java Province, Khofifah Indar Parawansa has a superior program “One Pesantren One Product (OPOP)”. This program is expected to produce modern pesantren products that will be man- aged by the Santris. To assist the development of modern pesantren entrepreneurship prod- ucts, some institutions are required to give some assistance. The santris or the actor of entrepreneurship need some guidance to have proper concept and access to marketing, pack- aging techniques, price strategies up to financial statement preparation. Furthermore, the government of Republic of Indonesia has decided to develop Santripre- neur Program that will make Pondok Pesantren as the source of new entrepreneurship pioneers and the centre of micro, small and medium industrial sectors growth . During the year of 2014–2015, there are 28961 Pondok Pesantrens spread out throughout the entire area of Indo- nesia with the number of students of more than four million people (NU online, 2017). From Islamic perspectives, entrepreneur- ship constitutes the life aspect that is grouped into muamalah issues, namely issues close to horizontal relationship or interpersonal rela- tionship that will be accounted later in the hereafter living (akhirat), Entrepreneurship is considered ibadah (good deed) that will pro- duce reward (pahala) if it is correctly con- ducted. From the economical aspect the objec- tive of entrepreneurship activity is to become the part or deeds or activities as instructed by Allah SWT to all human beings, namely to do goo to others, love each other, and have each other in doing good deeds. Nahdlatul Ulama University was established in 2013, yet in its relative young age, this university with its Islamic values is supported by an with 33 years experience in the sector of education institution management, namely Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Kesehatan Yayasan Rumah Sakit Islam/STIKES YARSI (Medical School College of Islamic Hospital Foundation) and the biggest Islamic organization in Indonesia, Nahdlatul Ulama (NU). The objective of this paper is to analyze the readiness of Unusa,a University with Is- lamic values under Nahdlatul Ulama to develop Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem. It is expected that this paper may contribute to find what things need to be optimized in terms of making policy for entrepreneurship ecosystem establishment in Unusa. And for academicians, this paper can be regarded as one of the refer- ential materials in establishing entrepreneurship education ecosystem in Universities. THEORETICAL BASIS Brush (2014) states that to produce stu- dents having the spirit of entrepreneurship, run- ning start-up, realizing university venture and also bringing benefits to the community, an ecosystem known as entrepreneurship educa- tion ecosystem is needed. The description of Brush’s statement is as hereunder: Mohamad Yusak Anshori, Tri Siwi Agustina, The Readiness of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya University (Unusa) to Be the Centre of Development of Rahmatan Lil Alamin Entrepreneur (EnPlus) 79 • Curriculum, namely entrepreneurship edu- cation curriculum in university. There are some entrepreneurship education curricu- lum, for instance in the form of entrepre- neurship course, entrepreneurship based courses (more than one core course) basic and obligatory courses prevailing for all faculties in the university, in the entrepre- neurship concentration, department of en- trepreneurship up to the faculty of entre- preneurship. • Co-curricular activities are supporting ac- tivities for the development of students’ spirit of entrepreneurship such as entre- preneurship clinic, training, workshop, seminar and business ideas competition and business plan competition. • Research can be researches with topic of entrepreneurship, the research output can be used for the basis of decision or policy making relating to entrepreneurship among the students or Micro, Small and Medi- um Enterprises. Entrepreneurship education ecosystem con- sists of: 1. Stakeholders (actors) Stakeholders are the parties who have the authority to make decision or policy that may support entrepreneurship activities, whether from the university or external party, such as: management and supporting staff, lectures, teachers, instructors, tutor; stu- dents; network including parents, alumni, business communities, government, etc. 2. Resources The resources of the paper include culture, policies, rule, sop; intellectual capital, patent, brand knowledge, etc; organization partner- ship, information system and software, poten- tial demands/markets, financial resources, infrastructure, machine equipment etc., and materials. 3. Entrepreneurship activities Entrepreneurship activities are activities that are conducted by civitas academy to develop the student spirit of entrepreneurship, in the form of curriculum, co-curricular activities and research. Picture 1 Entrepreneurship Education Ecosystem (Brush, 2014) Business and Finance Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, March 2020 80 4. Outcomes Outcomes are the outputs of entrepreneur- ship activities conducted by the university, that are in the form of student’s entrepre- neur level, student’s business level, univer- sity’s venture and benefits for the society. • Student’s entrepreneur level refers to the stage where the students enter entrepre- neurship stages, such as recognizing, in- spiriting up to implementing the entrepre- neurship. • Student’s business level means business level developed by the active students, including stages of ideas, start-up, growth, scale and maturity. • University venture can be a company esta- blished by the university to produce pro- ducts/services to be the outcome of stu- dents and lecturers researches. • Business for society is the benefits felt directly by the society, such as getting variable quality products/services subject to need of the society. METHOD The methods applied in this paper is li- brary research. The identify the validity of a research several techniques are applied. In this paper, the writer uses a library research method with the intention to find more deep data relat- ing to the theme of the research to find tempo- rary answer of the problem found before con- ducting the research. The method of searching, collecting and analyzing sources of data to be processed and presented in the form of library survey report based on writings, including re- searches that have or have not been published. In this paper the writer has applied a library research method with the objective to find some references relating to the concept. DISCUSSION In this part, the implementation of entre- preneurship education ecosystem in Unusa will be further elaborated. 1. Stake Holder (Actors) • It is no doubt that the Rector and Heads of faculties in Unusa have a very strong com- mitment to produce creative Entrepreneur Rahmatan Lil Alamin (EnPlus). This is proven from the implementation of entrepreneur- ship courses in the six faculties within Unusa environment. Lecturers who teach entrepre- neurship courses are those who are able to give entrepreneurship experience to the stu- dents. They consist of practitioners and also lecturers and at the same time also practitio- ners • The support of Ministry of Research, Tech- nology and Higher Education (Kemenristek Dikti) to the development of the Students’ spirit of entrepreneurship in the form of Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa/PKM (Stu- dent Creativity Program), Program Kreativitas Mahasiswa – Kewirausahaan/PKM-K (Stu- dent Creative Program in the Entrepreneur- ship) and Pengabdian Kepada Masyarakat/ PKM-M (Students Service for Community) and Program Kompetisi Bisnis Mahasiswa Indonesia/PKBMI (Indonesian Student Busi- ness Competition Program) of 2018. • The cooperation with the provincial govern- ment of East Java in realizing the program of “One Pesantren One Product (OPOP)” that is created by the Provincial Government of East Java under the governor of East Java Province (Khofifah Indar Parawansa). Inter- national Council for Small Business (ICSB) is the actor that is in cooperation with Unusa Mohamad Yusak Anshori, Tri Siwi Agustina, The Readiness of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya University (Unusa) to Be the Centre of Development of Rahmatan Lil Alamin Entrepreneur (EnPlus) 81 and PWNU. The first step that will be real- ized is to map Pesantrens that will be devel- oped through Unusa network and regional management of Nadhatul Ulama (PWNU) 2. Resources • Unusa nowadays is joined in an organization having care to the development of Small and Medium Enterprises such us International Council for Small Business (ICSB) and the activities that are conducted are researches, trainings and people empowerment. • The Lecturers who teach entrepreneurship courses are also active in the Asosiasi Pendidik Kewirausahaan Indonesia/PERWIRA (Asso- ciation of Indonesian Entrepreneurship Edu- cators), therefore they can engage in the network and also exchange information about the learning of Entrepreneurship. • Nowdays Unusa is trying to implement the idea of establishing Business Incubator as the place for the students to practice busi- ness. It is based on the principle that the existence of Business Incubator is expected to be able to give big potential for EnPlus to grow and one day it is expected to be the place for students’ innovative products the students to get legal protection, such as copy right, Halal Certificate, Clinical Test and others. However, to encourage Unusa stu- dents potential in sectors of promotion, prod- uct exposure and direct experience having interaction with the buyers, Unusa since 2015 has established students cooperative man- aged by the students under the unit of Stu- dent Activity Program. This cooperative has been registered in the Ministry of Law and Human Rights of Republic of Indonesia No. 003412/BH/M.KUKM.2/2017. • In line with the Digital Revolution in the product marketing sector, the entrepreneur- ship practice is now conducted digitally through online shop with address: enplus. unusa.ac.id • Career and alumni center constitutes a po- tential partner that has supported and rec- ommended the alumni of Unusa who are successful business players to be ready to be involved in the entrepreneurship practice of Unusa • Potential Demand is widely open for prod- ucts produced by students of Unusa because Indonesia is a country with the biggest Mos- lem population. Indonesia has very big po- tential for syariah economic development, as the new economical current having potential to encourage global economical growth. • Cooperation with other Universities that have had experiences in Student entrepreneurship development, such as Universitas Airlangga (Unair) Institut Teknologi Seputuh Nopember Surabaya (ITS), and Universitas Ciputra (UC). 3. Entrepreneurship Activities Entrepreneurship activities are activities conducted by the civitas academy in terms of developing the spirit of entrepreneurship for students, in the form of curriculum, co-curricu- lar activities and research. • Curriculum. the course of Entrepreneurship is conducted at six faculties and 17 study programs in Unusa, namely faculty of educa- tion science for three study programs, fac- ulty of business economics for two study programs, faculty of medicine for two study programs, faculty of health for four study programs, faculty of engineering for one study program, faculty of midwifery and nursing Business and Finance Journal, Volume 5, No. 1, March 2020 82 for five study programs. From the six facul- ties, only the study program of management that has applied three courses with entrepre- neurship basis and this study program be- comes the role model for other study pro- grams. Entrepreneurship based courses in the study program of management are basic entrepreneurship, first advanced entrepre- neurship, and second advanced entrepreneur- ship. Following basic entrepreneurship, the students are expected to be able to make business plans, in the first advanced entre- preneurship the students are expected to be able to give inputs and assist micro, small and medium business, while in second ad- vanced entrepreneurship, the students are targeted to be able to establish their own business. • Co-curricular activities. Unusa students have entrepreneur community. Through this pro- gram the students having interest and strong will to be entrepreneurs are joined in E-mar- keting community. For those who have already have business can freely market their prod- ucts in online shop that can be accessed by costumers throughout the entire area of Indo- nesia through website: enplus.unusa.ac.id. val student business products, talk show with topics of entrepreneurship and business plan competition. These activities are open for public and followed by not only Students of Faculty of Economics and Business of Unusa but also other entrepreneurship students from other universities, namely Airlangga Univer- sity, Institute Technology of 10 Nopember of Surabaya, and Ciputra University. The objec- tive of inviting other university students is to give experience to Unusa students in devel- oping their business network. By inviting the three university entrepreneur students to participate in the EnPLus Festival, hopefully marketing network for entrepreneur com- munity among santripreneurs of Unusa is established. They can establish business syn- ergy, share market science and information and support each other. • Research: On April 18, 2019, ICSB and Unusa, a campus having big attention to young entrepreneurs development in Indone- sia have signed a cooperation agreement. The cooperation is in the form of researches and also trainings about entrepreneurship of mcro, small, and medium enterprises in Pesantren in Indonesia in terms of support- ing the implementation of the program “One Pesantren One Product”. 4. Outcomes • Student’s entrepreneur level. At this level, Unusa students has entered into entrepre- neurship stages including recognizing, inspiriting and implementing entrepreneur- ship. Recognizing, inspiriting, and implement- ing that are obtained from the courses or co- curricular activities. Picture 2 Display of Online Shop EnPlus www:enplus.Unusa.ac.id Other activities of Enplus include to orga- nize EnPlus Festival. An exhibition of Festi- Mohamad Yusak Anshori, Tri Siwi Agustina, The Readiness of Nahdlatul Ulama Surabaya University (Unusa) to Be the Centre of Development of Rahmatan Lil Alamin Entrepreneur (EnPlus) 83 • Student’s business level, the business levels engaged by active students including stage of idea, start- up, growth, scale up and matu- rity. At this level Unusa students are in the stages of idea and start-up. Considering that the number of Unusa students business in the stage of startup is increasing from year to year, the existence of business incubator in Unusa is really needed for the place to facilitate businesses developed by the stu- dents, so that they are properly directed, including how to meet investors or business partners and to get legal protection, such as form PIRT, HAKI, halal certificate, and clini- cal test. • University venture. At present, Unusa has no university venture yet, seeing that Unusa is relatively young in age and still has no busi- ness incubator. • Business for society. After three years of implementing entrepreneurship course, vari- ous students’ innovative products have been produced/created. The emergence of student’s innovative ideas up to the realiza- tion of marketable products are not sepa- rated from the assisting process conducted by the lecturers and practitioners. There- fore, the products are liked by the society because they can respond the people’s need. Analyzing the components of entrepreneur- ship education ecosystem in Unusa one by one, it is found out that from the four components, each component is almost fully completed. The importance of establishing business incubator and university venture in Unusa is really needed, however it is still understandable seeing that Unusa is a young university and the stages of entrepreneurship available in Unusa at present. Relating to the Unusa’s support to government program, entrepreneurship education ecosys- tem in Unusa is ready to be set up as the centre of development and empowerment of Entrepre- neur Rahmatan Lil Aalamin (EnPlus) and to support government program “One Pesantren One Product (OPOP)”. From the explanation above, Entrepreneur Rahmatan Lil Alamin (EnPlus) is defined as the mindset, attitude, behavior, and ability to see the opportunity, innovate, and calculate risks to get profit with Islamic ways that good of all human beings, nature, and environment. CONCLUSION 1. In spite of its young age of six years, Unusa has a strong commitment to prepare genera- tion of entrepreneurs with Islamic values and in its implementation Unusa always gives debriefing to the students from recognizing, inspiriting and implementing entrepreneur- ship. 2. 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