The unfavorable economic conditions of his parents forced Bahlil to sell cookies during elementary school. He then turned to be driver’s assistant and Angkot driver for five years, since he was in junior high school. Despite facing a difficult situation when he was a youth, Bahlil had various prestigious positions from middle school to university, for instance, as the Chairman of the Student Council (OSIS) to the Secretary of the Senate. “I am proud to be born to a household assistant mother. This means that can give birth to a minister,” Bahlil said.

During his university study, he claimed to be actively participating in the student organization until in his seventh semester Bahlil determined not to be trapped again in poverty. Bahlil said he had to succeed in his study, organization, and entrepreneurship activity. This determination is certainly not easy to achieve, especially during the New Order (Orba), when the entrepreneurship field is monopolized by the children of conglomerates or officials. “Even when I was competing to become Chairman of HIPMI, the candidates were mostly children of billionaires. I’m the only ‘poornaire‘ there,” Bahlil said.

Despite having no special background, Bahlil was finally able to be the Chairman of HIPMI. He said, to occupy this position, there must be extensive experiences as an entrepreneur.

An entrepreneur by Lineage vs. by Fate

In front of 600 UNS students who attended the lecture, Bahlil said there were two types of entrepreneurs based on their conditions, namely entrepreneurs by lineage and by fate. The entrepreneurs by lineage, according to him, are people who inherit family wealth, both as the second and third generations. Meanwhile, Bahlil calls himself an entrepreneur by fate who is overshadowed by fear when experiencing failure and full of risk.

Although there are entrepreneurs by fate and by lineage, Bahlil emphasizes the importance of future entrepreneurs by design. This type of businessman, according to Bahlil, must be prepared for school and university study. “An entrepreneur by design is a combination of entrepreneurs by lineage and by fate. People who have money will not necessarily have the capability to win all the fights. Because money is not the main aspect here, but a strategy,” he concluded. Humas UNS

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He started the chicken noodle business in high school and continued until today in his university study. After running for 1.5 years, Pandam’s business finally got fresh funding from Bahlil. The investment was offered by Bahlil to Miyago Naknan after a short discussion at the end of a public lecture held at the UNS G.P.H. Haryo Mataram Auditorium Building Wednesday (18/5/2022). Bahlil intention to invest in Miyago Naknan begins when he invites UNS students who have initiated business for a short exchange with him. There were four students who talked directly with Bahlil, one of whom was Pandam.

“That business was started in high school, offering the meal to friends during recess but using a pre-order system. After enrolling in UNS and waiting for new student admission announcement, I opened this business and did not expect these great offers,” Pandam said when introducing Miyago Naknan’s profile to Bahlil. He said that the revenue he received from selling fried chicken noodles was enough to fund his tuition fee and the business operations. Pandam, who got a lucky chance to talk with Bahlil, then told him that he already had three Miyago Naknan outlets. However, the outlet located in Solo Baru, Sukoharjo Regency, needs additional funding for around Rp 30 million for its second-floor construction.

“So the plan was to use the ground or first floor as a parking lot, and the second floor as the place to eat. Because the place is located right on the side of the road and it’s noisy,” Pandam said. Hearing Pandam’s confession on the amount of turnover he earned, Bahlil then offered to become an investor at Miyago Naknan. Pandam, who was surprised at first, was puzzled when asked how much he would offer to Bahlil. However, in the end, Bahlil decided to invest and capitalize on 50 percent of Miyago Naknan’s shares through one of his firm’s subsidiaries.

When contacted by uns.ac.id, Pandam claimed that he was also assisted by Bahlil to obtain various certifications such as BPOM, Halal, and Brand Patent licenses. “Hopefully, this can inspire fellow UNS students and make Indonesia have a ‘double-digit‘ number of entrepreneurs to compete globally,” Pandam said.

Who Is Pandam?
Pandam’s figure has been reported by uns.ac.id before. His name began to be known when Miyago Naknan, a business he established during his high school period, managed to obtain funding for the Vocational Student Entrepreneurship Program (PWMV) from the Directorate of Higher Vocational and Professional Education, Directorate General of Vocational Education Kemdikbudristek.

With this outstanding achievement, Pandam received a total of Rp 10 million funding from the PWMV in 2021. This fund was deployed for Miyago Naknan’s development. It should be noted that this fried chicken noodle business has been around since September 2020. Under the name Miyago Naknan, Pandam started selling chicken noodles after graduating from high school. The reason is quite simple, he wants to fill his spare time with useful activities while waiting for the new student admission announcement. And, from his ‘boredom,’ it turns out that Miyago Naknan managed to get a very good response from the community.

Now, Miyago Naknan is not only available for dine-in, but can be ordered through online motorcycle taxi apps/food delivery apps, such as GoFood, Grab Food, and Shopee Food. In fact, from only having one outlet, Miyago Naknan is now able to have a branch. The Main Miyago Naknan outlet is located south of the Bacem Bridge, precisely on Jalan Raya Telukan, Hamlet II, Grogol, Sukoharjo. Meanwhile, two other Miyago Naknan branches are located on Jalan Major Sunaryo No. 43 Sukoharjo and at Vokafetaria UNS Vocational School, Tirtomoyo, Surakarta.

“Finally, I collected some courage to open a business, the outcome was beyond expectations, the community’s response was quite good and welcomed Miyago’s products well. We hope to provide excellent services and create Miyago that is delicious or flavorful,” Pandam said.

Other than Pandam, there are three other students who also received investment from the Minister of Investment/Head of BKPM RI, Bahlil Lahadalia. They are Nathania Almira Chiesa (2020 Biology Education FKIP UNS) with Korean clothing and trinkets business, Muhammad Lutfi Choirul Ummam (Interior Design FSRD UNS) with his barbershop business, and Martha Arum Nugraheni (Alumnus of the Faculty of Agriculture UNS) with functional food business “Bismart.” Humas UNS

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