Caine Monroy is just 9 years old and he has already started his own business. Messing around one day in his father’s auto parts store, Caine designed his own arcade game out of a cardboard box. His arcade game quickly became the talk of the town as TV reporters and young kids flocked to the store to see the creative idea of this young kid. His pricing strategy has brought a lot of attention to his business as well. Its $1 to play the game four times and $2 to play the game 500 times. He also sells T-shirts that say Caine’s Arcade on them for $15. There are no numbers that indicate how much his actual business has made, but in donations alone he has raised over $212,000.
This story is very inspiring as Caine basically started his business out of nothing. It shows that people don’t need tons of money and lots of materials to make an impact on the rest of the world.
That’s impressive. It’s such a good idea to bring something that’s popular right now back to basic form, such as cardboard boxes.
Wow. This idea is clever, from his utilization of one of the cheapest materials i can think of to his pricing strategy. At only 9 years old with over 200,000 in donations, this is a good story.
This is so cool! This kid is definitely way better off than I am right now! I hope this continues to grow in the future!
This is an awesome story and a great example of entrepreneurial traits by Caine. Even just by messing around anyone can come up with a good idea with unique and creative thinking. It doesn’t always take money or resources to start something special and we can definitely learn that from Caine.
I actually wrote about this kid a couple of posts ago. I think it is really great how he and his family can start this small business out of very little and still make a decent profit. I also love how all of the people in his area support Cane and encourage his entrepreneurial ideas. Perhaps someday Cane will be able to take his arcade idea to the next level and actually purchase a facility. Nice post!
This kid already has a lot of potential showing that he is confident and driven. Awesome and fun learning experience for sure.
This is a really interesting story. Kane’s entrepreneurial spirit is inspiring and it demonstrates that age is not a limiting factor in regard to innovation.