Interview an Entrepreneur : Paksi Jati Mulyono – Online Wedding Organization Service “Event Kite”

Instructions

Assignment 11:  Interview an Entrepreneur  

Interview a local entrepreneur.  Identify and write out 10 questions that you will prepare prior to your interview from the following categories: 

1.  Information Gathering- open the interview with questions about the entrepreneur’s family and educational and work background.

2.  About the business- How the business was started.  How did the entrepreneur recognize an opportunity and develop it?

3.  Running the business- What problems came up as the business got underway and how they were solved.

4.  Reflection- What advice would he/she give to an aspiring entrepreneur.

Respond to the following questions:

1.    List the name and business name of the entrepreneur interviewed.

Paksi Jati Mulyono – Online Wedding Organization Service “Event Kite”

2.  List the 10 questions and summarize the responses provided by the entrepreneur.

a. Tell me about yourself and your family?

b. What is your business?

c. What was your background of education?

d. What was your work’s experience?

e. How’s they related with your business?

f.  When and how your business was started?

g. What is SWOT of your business?

h. What is the obstacle that you faced?

i. How you resolved them?

j. What is your long-term goal?

k. What is your advice for fresh entrepreneur?

         His name is Paksi Jati Mulyono. He is living in West of Kalimantan which is Pontianak. He is single. He graduated from English Study Program in Teaching Education Faculty, Tanjung Pura University Pontianak-Indonesia. He had teaching in one of Islamic school as an English teacher for six months. Then, he worked as an Advertisement and Marketing staff of Tribun Newspaper in 2015- 2016. He is running his business in SEO (Search Engine Optimization). He focuses to optimize keywords in google to market product and service. He offers wedding organization in his city. The name of his website is www.weddingorganization.co.id. The packages that he offered include wedding photographs, decoration, tent, wedding gifts and invitation cards. When he was in university, he active in event organization in his club. Furthermore, he has links which related in his business when he was working in previous job. He also took course for a year to enhance his skill in this business. In February 2016, he decided to start-up. Strength of his business are the business became first-page in search and offered many choices. The weaknesses of his business are no building for daily operating, vendor system and less management. Opportunities of his business are less competitor and many people who search the keyword. There is no threat so far. The obstacle that he found was the vendors did not have enough thing for decoration because they also received another order from their self. So, for the next turn, he should collect many vendors to involve in. His next goals are he want to have building for daily operating, many more orders and have his own things for decoration. His advice for entrepreneurs is they should update for online marketing because everything is online right now.

3.   What other information did you learn from the entrepreneur?

Things that I learned from this entrepreneur are always look for chance and make it as potential business. Never shy and afraid to try something new. Be passion on it.