Read the story about another young and creative business owner, Brent Simmons. Complete the sentences with words from the box.
advice completely exciting increases made mistakes afraid to creative
experience makes me feel (+ adj.) owner came up with employees for the first time successful
Brent Simmons, “Computer Doe”
When Brent Simmons was 10 years old, he knew everything about computers. Whenever his friends or relatives had problems with their computers, they came to Brent to ask for his ________. Sometimes, computer store _______ said, “It’s impossible to fix this computer. lt is _________ broken.” But Brent was never _______ look for a new way to fix it. Sometimes he _________ and he had to start again. But in the end, he usually _______ a new, very __________ way to fix the computer.
Brent loved to fix computers, and he had a lot of _________ . So, when he was he started his own business. Brent is the ________ of the “Computer Doe” company. When people meet Brent _________, they often think, “He’s just a kid. He can’t fix my computer.” But after they see his work, they are surprised.
Now Brent is 18 years old. He made more than $50,000 a year when he was in high school, and the number of people he helps ________ every year. His business is very _________. But Brent doesn’t do this work just to make money. Brent says, “lt’s _________ to do work that I love and to help people, too. Sometimes people come to me with very difficult computer problems. When I can find the problem and fix it, they are so happy. Helping people with their computer problems ________ great”.
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