ike many American teenagers , week with what 1 earned. My dad also sat Massachusetts, her mother's alma mater. "As a kid, I didn't always see the point, Heidi Novaes began working in me down with his stockbroker at about high school, teaming up with a age 12 so 1 could invest a small sum in a but as I've gotten older I've learned that it girlfriend in Toledo, Ohio to form company and read their annual reports. He was to instill not only an understanding of an amateur catering business that wanted his kids to understand how to working for what I want, but also an understanding of the value of money. My friends helped couples throw parties. Not all of invest, how businesses work and grow." Entering the business world as a young- and 1 did things like babysitting or pet-sittheir behind-the-scenes efforts in neighster had a positive impact on Novaes, who ting, bagging groceries in a supermarket, borhood kitchens were met with praise. "The best comment 1 ever overheard is now a senior marketing executive. She was, 'This coffee could kill a horse,' " she fully expected that her daughter, Anna, Below left: Amanda Hebeler takes a recalls . "What did I know about making would also begin working at an early age. reservation at the pizza restaurant where she "I was always encouraged to do extra works, in Chicago. coffee at age 15? My house was down the street from a small neighborhood savings chores around the house to earn a little Below: David Nalette clears a table in Vito's and loan, so 1 would ride my bike there spending money," says Anna, now a stu- pizzeria and restaurant in Wethersfield, and make deposits to my account every dent at Smith College in Northampton, Connecticut.
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