In September this year, Indonesia will hold a grand event of the Asian Games. This event is a milestone for our nation after 1962 we host. The Asian Games are an Asian sports party held every four years, with 45 countries sending athletes competing for championships in 40 sports, consisting of 32 olympic branches and 8 non-Olympic branches.

Jakarta, Palembang are two cities that are trusted to prepare venues from all branches of sport. Similarly, infrastructure, supporting facilities and non-physical readiness are also anticipated. Starting from toll roads, airports, subways (MRT), low-capacity transport trains are pursued to welcome guests from participating countries. So also the private parties participate such as hotels, transportation facilities, tourist services.

The opportunity to organize the Asian Games is not solely to advance the sports sector alone but in macro will contribute significantly to the economic growth of the nation. Where will the multiflyer effect be created with the following illustrations: The clear state guests have athletes as well as the official team, then will be followed by the supporters either directly or not, coupled with journalists from various parts of the country, and the most expected are the visitors of foreign tourists who will watch this sporting party. Of all the interests of the Asian Games, it certainly signals that they need goods and services while in Indonesia, there can also be intermediate contacts to conduct business forward, providing massive promotion for all sectors of the nation’s economy such as: tourism, education, health and sectors others. In turn this economic chain will become a snowball in the economic development of Indonesia.

With regard to it, it is very important to be required the role of entrepreneurship in this Asian Games. Where entrepreneurship alone can be created with the following steps:

  1. The idea becomes an opportunity

the community can start by generating ideas to become an opportunity related to the implementation of the Asian Games. We know with the motto of the Asian Games this time is the energy of Asia, in which all assets from Asia will be displayed to the stakeholders. Lots of potential can be detected to be ideas, such as: the way they dress, the whole Asian diet, the usual cultural form. It can be seen below how ideas can be a business opportunity, with some examples as follows:

  • The idea of ​​Indians having a diet of spicy, spicy and sour dishes. So it can be said that from the culinary industry can be born some business opportunities such as being a supplier of food ingredients, working together to open Indian restaurants, opened a website about Indian cuisine
  • The idea of ​​a Japanese person has a habit of traveling or traveling to other countries every holiday time. So that will arise business opportunities such as opening a travel agency, making travel packages, making car rental company
  1. Opportunities to be a business, in this phase we are trying to create business plans, seek partners, make agreements and business execution. So from these opportunities will create new businesses.

With we take the steps of entrepreneurship above the implementation of the Asian Games has a broad meaning that is not only a sports party but also get significant businesses for all levels of society. So that in turn has a positive impact on the economy. Especially when the business becomes sustainable, it will provide an effective multi flyer effect and ultimately contribute to economic growth.