What is The Foundry?
Dream2Story’s 4 months Foundry program pairs senior secondary students with mentors through a business case competition. Through workshops, company visits, and mentorship, students build confidence, business skills, and entrepreneurial thinking while gaining exposure to the corporate world. Participants also form lasting connections with mentors who often support them beyond the program.
This year’s Foundry 2024/25 (FY25) successfully concluded at the Graduation Workshop Day on 5th July 2025. This report is a summary of the key facts and measured outcome of the FY25 programme.
Impact measurements in the Foundry are integrated into different parts of the programme to assess its efficacy in bringing about the desired outcome. This report outlines clearly what each of the desired outcomes are and their respective impact measurements.
Journey of Foundry
01
Mentors Selection & Training
We will select volunteer mentors based on values alignment and commitment levels and out them through a series of compulsory training before official programme begins.
02
Mentoring Sessions
Our dedicated mentors will engage with students by conducting impactful sessions to deliver a structured syllabus directly in the classroom.
03
Company Visits
We are proud to partner with various corporations and organizations to offer enriching company visits for our students, granting them invaluable insights into the professional world.
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Sharing Day (Competition)
We will host an exciting business case pitching competition, providing students with a platform to showcase their unique ideas and present them to a diverse audience.
05
Graduation Workshop Day
A day of discovery and celebration, where students explore diverse career pathways through interactive booths, connect with mentors, and take their first steps toward new journeys.
06
Ongoing Mentors-Mentee Relationships via D2S:Hub
We strive to foster enduring connections between mentors and students. Through our collaboration with a myriad of organisations offering diverse content, we ensure a continuous flow of opportunities for student development and interactions with mentors.
Our Dream Masters
Form 4-5 students looking to explore alternative pathways beyond conventional tertiary education route.
Transitioning from school to work
From under-resourced environment
Leaving / have left secondary school
Not immediately continuing with tertiary education
Demand something of themselves.
Willing to learn & experience more.
Willing to commit to self enrichment.
The Foundry 2025
18
Student Teams
10
Schools
2
Community Groups
100+
Students
Company Visit
We offer our students to learn about entrepreneurship from the experienced entrepreneur. This year, our students had the invaluable opportunity to visit Sino Inno Lab and Addoil Music, V cycle, VTC — ICI / CCI / HTI, Yuen's Tailor, Heroes Beer Co and Clifton Leung Design Workshop. Students hugely benefited from the detailed sharing from the representatives of the companies.
Clifton Leung Design Workshop
Yuen's Tailor
Sino Inno Lab
V Cycle
VTC — ICI / CCI / HTI
Addoilmusic
Heroes Beer Co
Sharing Day (Competition)
After months of dedicated preparation, our highly anticipated Sharing Day came to life at The Wave! This culminating event brought all teams together for an exhilarating showcase of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. Students took center stage in a dynamic business pitch competition, presenting their unique ideas to a panel of judges and enthusiastic audience members.
Graduation Workshop Day
Through our career booth initiative, we provide students with valuable industry exposure across diverse sectors including technology, interior design, sports, food & beverage, multimedia production, pet care, music, and hospitality. These interactive experiences facilitate both career discovery and personal growth as students engage directly with industry mentors.
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Company Visits
We offer our students to learn about entrepreneurship from the experienced entrepreneur. This year, our students had the invaluable opportunity to visit Sino Inno Lab and Addoil Music, V cycle, VTC — ICI / CCI / HTI, Yuen's Tailor, Heroes Beer Co, Clifton Leung Design Workshop and The Peninsula Hong Kong. Students hugely benefited from the detailed sharing from the representatives of the companies.
Clifton Leung Design Workshop
Yuen's Tailor
Sino Inno Lab
V Cycle
VTC — ICI / CCI / HTI
Addoilmusic
Heroes Beer Co
Sharing Day (Competition)
After months of dedicated preparation, our highly anticipated Sharing Day came to life at The Wave! This culminating event brought all teams together for an exhilarating showcase of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. Students took center stage in a dynamic business pitch competition, presenting their unique ideas to a panel of judges and enthusiastic audience members.
Graduation Workshop Day
Through our career booth initiative, we provide students with valuable industry exposure across diverse sectors including technology, interior design, sports, food & beverage, multimedia production, pet care, music, and hospitality. These interactive experiences facilitate both career discovery and personal growth as students engage directly with industry mentors.
The Foundry 2024
12
Student Teams
7
Schools
60+
Students
Company Visit
This year, our students had the invaluable opportunity to visit SCMP, CLP, MTR, Heroes Beer. It was a great opportunity for our students to ask questions and learn directly from the experienced.
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Heroes Beer
CLP
SCMP
MTR
Sharing Day (Competition)
After months of dedicated preparation, our highly anticipated Sharing Day came to life at The Wave! This culminating event brought all teams together for an exhilarating showcase of creativity, innovation, and entrepreneurial spirit. Students took center stage in a dynamic business pitch competition, presenting their unique ideas to a panel of judges and enthusiastic audience members.
The Foundry 2023
4
Student Teams
3
Schools
19
Students
Company Visit
What’s better than to learn about entrepreneurship from the experienced entrepreneur? This year, our students had the invaluable opportunity to visit Heroes Beer Co. and HAECO. Students hugely benefited from the detailed sharing from the representatives of the companies. It was a great opportunity for our students to ask questions and learn directly from the experienced.
Haeco
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Heroes Beer
Sharing Day (Competition)
After 10 weeks or more of hard work and preparation (and hopefully some fun!), Sharing Day was finally held at the new school venue of Maryknoll Secondary School at Kwun Tong.
All Mentors agreed they were pleasantly surprised at how well prepared the teams were; including very savvy Q&A sessions conducted by our guest entrepreneur and corporate judges.
Congrats to Delia Memorial School (Hip Wo No.2 College) “Spirit” team for winning the Most Valuable Company whilst the Best Presenters award was swept home by "Daydreamer" from Caritas Fanling Chan Chun Ha Secondary School.