hey guys let's go and alone with iFixit
and I'm on a mission to bring fixers
into focus just for you and today we're
at the headquarters of built by mom calm
and it's housed out of the garage of
Angela Henderson let's go meet her my
business name is built by mom I work at
a grouper beach in my lovely garage I've
been here since the end of 2001 and I've
been actively repairing probably since
about 2005 I fixed a little bit of
everything I'm mobile so I don't do
everything here laptops
regular computers phones mostly I
service like the five cities but I do go
as far as like Morrow Bay and Atascadero
occasionally hi hi thanks for having me
this is amazing I can't believe you run
your business out of your garage it's
fun yeah there's a lot of stuff here but
it's a lot of fun so tell me a little
bit how you got started I had a job
where I was pretty slow and I took apart
two computers and put them back together
fixing computers for friends and
neighbors and everybody seemed really
happy with my work and I thought you
know I really like this a lot of repair
people are sort of bailing for business
services and there's not a whole lot of
us let's actually still doing
residential I like doing residential
actually I like helping the little guy
and I really enjoy it you know I just
try to help them understand what's going
on and let them know you know that I'm
to help and and do you feel like just
anyone can do this or just people who
are definitely technologically minded or
how do you feel about that I'm an
English major I you know if I can do it
I think anybody can do it there's so
many resources available especially now
you know online and just everywhere I
think it's also helpful to get the right
tools because you'll get frustrated
really fast if you have terrible tools
having a repair business I'm sure it's
not always easy so what what motivates
you to keep going with this I like
helping people I feel really good you
know when I help people with a problem
that you know they just thought it was
unfixable
sure and they're always fixable it just
takes time
do you think people look for
certifications when they're looking for
someone who's repairing and is that
something that's important to you
staying up-to-date with those types of
certifications it's important to me I
feel better having them I have the A+
and the security plus the certification
I noticed that your slogan is everything
text with a mom's touch what do you mean
by that I think that's just to let
people know that I'm not scary I will be
thorough just I'm here to help just like
mom Angela thank you so much for having
us what do you want to say to people who
are watching that maybe are on a
different path and but they love repair
and they see your your life what what
should they take from this just don't be
afraid of it you know anybody can do it
really even girls it's a lot of fun
that's right yeah I think that's a great
message yes thank you so much this is so
much fun
yes it was nice having you thank you you
can find Angela Henderson at built by
mom comm where she helps all kinds of
people in the San Luis Obispo County
it's people like her that keep the Fixer
spirit alive and we hear it iFixit love
that