Caine's Arcade, Part 2: Turning One Child's Passion Into a Global Movement

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Could the next industrial revolution be powered by cardboard? Pint-sized entrepreneur Caine Monroy is expanding his footprint after making headlines this spring when a short film, "Caine's Arcade," directed by Interconnected partner Nirvan Mullick, went viral—chronicling the 9-year-old's fantastical arcade, fashioned from boxes and other discarded items in his dad's East L.A. used-auto-parts shop. (The enterprising youngster charged $2 for a 500-turn "fun pass" and even fashioned a "security system" with old calculators to verify each ticket.)

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