From Selling Newspapers at 13 to Building Norway's Fastest-Growing Pizza Chain w/ Max Gouchan

Max Gouchan grew up in Norway as the son of African immigrants, knocking on doors at 13 to sell yesterday's newspapers in freezing rain, a job nobody else wanted. By his 20s, he'd built one of Norway's fastest-growing pizza chains (€5M revenue at a single location), launched and exited a sushi business, gave his first TEDx at 18, and has now delivered over 150 keynote talks on Gen Z across Europe.In this conversation, Max breaks down the playbook behind a career of starting, scaling, and exiting businesses, and why he refuses to do it the "Wall Street" way. We talk about the "mess-up fund" that removes all founder stress, why every entrepreneur needs a profitable side hustle, the 80/20 principle behind his pizza empire, and the unsexy truth about sales most founders avoid. Max also opens up about why he's letting go of "PR horny" hustle culture, what changed in his 30s, and his new venture: an AI-powered speaker agency reinventing how companies book talent.A grounded, honest conversation for anyone building businesses, chasing freedom, or trying to do it without burning out, or burning bridges.Follow Max on ig:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxgouchan/Patterns of Success, Freedom, and Happiness Podcast is hosted by Oskar Woehr; exploring the top 1% of success in every domain of life and business to understand what makes or breaks humans on their way to their dreams.