Caine’s Arcade, or Why You Shouldn’t Give Up When Business Is Slow
Have you seen this video yet about Caine’s Arcade? Caine is a kid who designed and built his own arcade games out of cardboard. Then he sat around waiting for customers to play his games, long enough that it became a standing joke in the family.
Then one day he got a customer…
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It’s not just his creativity which impresses me. It’s the persistence. How many people would give up when their business was so hard to get started? Now his arcade has a Twitter account, Facebook page, and people are donating money to a college fund for him. It’s really something to check out.
I hope Caine continues with his creative, entrepreneurial efforts. He’s off to a great start.
As for the rest of us, learn the power of Facebook and Reddit. We can’t all have this kind of success with social media, but it’s amazing when it happens.
I’ve read and heard a lot about Caine over the web, too. And knowing his story makes me even more determined to follow my dreams for my family. Wishing Caine all the best as he grows up. 🙂
That is a lovely story, and very true – although knowing when to quit, and failing quickly, also seem to come through as big themes when you read business books written by the “gurus”! I guess the real trick is knowing whether what you need is persistence or to move on…