Congratulations to Alchemist Creations and their student team for winning in Nurturing Social Minds 2018 Fall Cohort!
Nurturing Social Minds Programme - Social Entrepreneurship and Impact Investment (2018 Fall Cohort) MGNT6020E was brought to a successful conclusion with the generous support of the Yeh Family Philanthropy Limited and Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship Development Fund (SIE Fund). Congratulations to the winning team and its Social Venture Partner – Alchemist Creations for winning HKD250,000 to execute the business proposal!
This MBA course is a practicum helping the students to apply the entrepreneurial principles with the aim to bring social, environmental as well as economic benefits to the society. The student teams are equipped with knowledge and tools in social entrepreneurship and management consulting, so that they can be effective social business consultants for the social venture partners (“SVP”). The team presented their recommendations to help their SVPs to solve the real life business challenges at the of the course. The SVP of the student team with the best plan, Alchemist Creations won HKD250,000 to implement the ideas proposed by the students.
Acknowledgement to the Judges
CEO
ParaDM Co., Ltd
Antony PANG
Deputy Executive Director
The Neighborhood Advice-action Council
Eugenia LO
Project Advisor
OurConservatory
http://alchemisthk.com/
Alchemist Creations is a community-based design company upcycling aluminium cans into timepieces and lighting products. The company partners with Christian Family Service Centre to create training and employment opportunities for the disadvantaged. Attaching great importance to the overall system design, Alchemist Creations works with trainees and tutors at the workshop to design products and arrange suitable production procedures. This is to serve the purpose of enabling customers to appreciate trainees’ exquisite craftsmanship from the products, thus achieving the goal of “Turn Neglect Into Shine”. Wristwatches produced by Alchemist Creations are now available at the HKTDC Design Gallery and Autoshop, as well as European markets including Italy, the Netherlands and Germany.
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