Creative Hub Fisipol Ugm Giving Birth To Innovative Social Entrepreneur

In the era of the Industrial Revolution 4.0 that we are facing now, innovation is an important key to overcoming social problems. Changes that occur dynamically and disrupt various important elements of people’s lives give rise to the growth of new phenomena such as Social Entrepreneurship. Creative Hub Fisipol. UGM as an incubator of social entrepreneurship always tries to give birth to new talents of Social Entrepreneurs who will create solutions for many problems in society.

Therefore, on Thursday, February 21, 2019, the FISIPOL Sharing Session was held at the Digilib Cafe Fisipol UGM at 3:30 p.m. On this occasion there were two alumni startup Creative Hub Fisipol batch 1, Ailesh Power and Gifood, and moderator Muhammad Rilo Nugroho, a startup innovator who created the Lomba Mahasiswa startup, which is an information and funding platform for student competitions.

At this event Rilo as a representative of the Talent Creative Hub Fisipol Batch 2 stated that “startups become innovations that play a role in encouraging the progress of the nation, especially through creative ideas and solutions that answer the needs of the community”. Creative Hub as a forum for creative ideas of social entrepreneurship innovators becomes the right tool for Lomba Mahasiswa and other social startups to develop and bring a positive impact on the surrounding environment, and play a role in answering the challenges of the era in the Industrial Revolution 4.0 era.

Ailesh Power is a startup that is engaged in renewable energy and waste management which is born in Creative Hub Fisipol batch 1. Fano Alfian, founder of Ailesh Power, revealed that the potential of renewable energy is very large in Indonesia but cannot be utilized maximally, therefore Ailesh Power is present to answer that. This startup has won numerous awards both domestically and internationally, and they will represent Indonesia in the Pitching Project competition which will be held in Turkey in March tomorrow.

Gifood is a startup that distributes food surplus people with those who still lack food. This startup comes from the experience of its founder, Fathin Naufal, when he was a student, where he saw many events held by students producing leftover food that was still suitable for consumption, therefore it was thought to create a connecting platform between the giver and the recipient of food. Gifood is also an alumni of the formation of the Creative Hub Fisipol batch 1.

Creative Hub Fisipol always strives to present quality events such as Fisipol Sharing Session on a regular basis, as a facility for innovative ideas and works of millennials who care about social problems and at the same time develop their creative power to be able to compete with developments in this digital era. The FISIPOL Sharing Session will then be present on Thursday, February 28, 2019 and will take place at Digilib Cafe at 15.30 as usual.