How do you rid the world of cavities? Spencer Penn says the answer is Chewing Gum. Spencer takes us through the founding of Sweet Bites - a company that manufactures and distributes cavity-fighting chewing gum to kids living in developing countries. As finalists for the prestigious Hult Prize, he was poised to win $1 Million from Bill Clinton and judges at the Clinton Global Initiative. Spencer’s narrative shows us that you don’t have to wait your turn to change the world.

Spencer Penn is the co-founder of the social venture, Sweet Bites, created to fight cavities in developing countries. His initiative was selected as a global finalist for the prestigious Hult Prize and its co-founders were invited to speak at the the annual Clinton Global Initiative conference in New York. In 2014, Spencer Penn graduated from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently a Robotics Engineering Masters student at the university.

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