Technology Report - Young Entrepreneur Creates Hospital for iPhones

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VOA Learning English, this is the Technology Report in English. The iPhone has become one of the most mobile phones in the United States. An 18-year-old student California has used his knowledge of the iPhone to his own business, and he has gained national recognition his work. Vincent is the chief executive officer of . His company is like a hospital for iPhones. Vincent TechWorld while he was in high school. He says mother became single at the time and he needed find ways to make money. So he found ways be entrepreneurial. An organization called the Network for Teaching , or NFTE, helped the young man get started. Both and his mother, Carla, admit that he had a time developing a business plan. The first time Vincent an NFTE class, he quit. At the time, he for the electronics store Best Buy. He says people came into the store with broken electronic devices. He that repairing those devices was what he wanted to . He not only re-registered for the NFTE class, but also won the organization's national competition for best young . Estelle Reyes is executive director for NFTE in Los . She says Vincent "has an incredible gift for presenting and his dreams in a very compelling way that everyone to rally around him." His business has grown word-of-mouth--. Vincent says he now fixes up to 10 per week. He earns about $1,500 each month in . TechWorld has two employees, and Vincent says he wants continue to grow his business. His biggest goal, he has always been to work for himselfFor VOA Learning , I'm Carolyn Presutti. (Adapted from a radio program broadcast

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