Novak went from a dishwasher at age 15 to owning his own company, Chocolate Pizza Company, in just six short years. Novak is a personal mentor to his young employees and a keynote speaker at SU’s Whitman School of Management. In this interview, which has been edited and condensed, Novak shares his best entrepreneurial advice for aspiring young business leaders. Today, Chocolate Pizza Company sells products in places like Hallmark, Von Maur, BJ’s Warehouse Clubs, and thousands of other locations nationwide. Shulman: You hire high school students.

Source: Forbes November 27, 2017 13:52 UTC