DSLaunchpad 2.0: Accelerate Your Startup with Mentorship!

Having previously successfully held an incubation program online the largest in Indonesia, DSLaunchpad, now DailySocial.id together with Amazon Web Services (AWS) are bringing back the second series in the form of an acceleration program entitled DSLaunchpad 2.0.

In the previous implementation, the DSLaunchpad program succeeded in bringing in nearly 600 registrants and 73% of them came from outside Jakarta. In addition, after the series took place, 107 startups managed to seize the opportunity to take part in the incubation program and three of them managed to get seed-funding two weeks after the program ends.

One of the main advantages of joining an accelerated program like DSLaunchpad is mentoring with the expert. There are four things to focus on mentoring in this acceleration program, namely idea validation, business models, prototyping, and also marketing. Through this mentoring activity, participants can be helped to accelerate ideas and innovations presented by their startups.

Profit from mentoring This is also felt by the Co-Founder DIGIDES, Sidik Permana while participating in the DSLaunchpad series last April. To DailySocial, he said the series of consultations and mentoring that was followed during the previous DSLaunchpad program was a very important opportunity for him. Suite mentoring this is considered to be able to help DIGIDES in establishing a business model and product development process, so that now it helps them to have product market fit.

In line with DIGIDES, the benefits of activities mentoring This is also felt by Kopral (All in One Cooperative), a startup that focuses on providing digital solutions for cooperative and MSME operations in Indonesia. For founders Corporal, Muhammad Rizal, the previous DSLaunchpad activity was a big step for his startup, especially in terms of business operations.

To DailySocial, Rizal also said that the direction of his mentor at that time, Hadi Wenas (COO Amartha), also helped them improve their experience in doing business. pitching, until finally managed to get their initial funding.

“This learning opportunity has changed us a little bit in implementing the Kopral platform's business strategy, especially from the commercial and commercial side pitching experience in front of VCs. We adjusted our deck according to the direction of our mentor, Wenas and 2 weeks after incubation we got Seed Funding from Angel Investors.” Rizal added.

Not only operational development and startup products, activities mentoring which is followed through the DSLaunchpad 2.0 acceleration program can also be a moment to build networking right. In addition to building a wider network, this acceleration program can also open up opportunities to exchange insights with mentors and fellow participants. The mentors that were presented were, of course, expert in their respective fields, so that participants can learn directly from the experts regarding the problems they have in developing their startup.

In addition, according to the Co-Founder & CEO of Warung Pintar who will also be a mentor prototyping on DSLaunchpad 2.0, Agung Bezharie, this series of mentoring in the DSLaunchpad acceleration program can also help participants in developing their mindset as entrepreneurs.

“Sharing experiences and interacting with many parties is the most appropriate way to develop a mindset as a businessman so that he is able to see things from a wider perspective. Through DSLaunchpad, this activity accommodates you so that you can get these benefits.” said Agung.

Not only will get mentoring with the expert, but the participants of DSLaunchpad 2.0 also have a chance to compete for the total prize Rp100 Million and credit from AWS that they can use to develop their startup.

Registration for DSLaunchpad 2.0 is only open until October 18, 2020. Don't waste this golden opportunity to explore your startup ideas and win prizes through this acceleration program.

What are you waiting for, accelerate your startup with DSLaunchpad 2.0 by registering via the form on the following link.