Alumni

Business That Builds Community

Fall/Winter 2018



Billy Shore, C'77, spoke at the College's 2016 graduation ceremony.

Courtesy of University Communications

Billy Shore, C’77, is the CEO of Share Our Strength, a national nonprofit committed to ending childhood hunger in the U.S., and host of the podcast Add Passion and Stir. In “The Social Entrepreneur: Business That Builds Community” episode of the podcast, Shore speaks with fellow Penn alumi Neil Braun, C’74, Dean of the Lubin School of Business at Pace University; and Shu Chowdhury, ENG’02, founder and CEO of SALIDO, a restaurant operating system. The episode covers business, technology, and social entrepreneurship.

 

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