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I briefly worked at a chain of VR arcades in Canada, and despite birthday parties being a big business mover for us, it was kind of a window into how people view this kind of entertainment. I'm not sure that the arcade/LAN center model works at scale, especially for the US; I could see that kids might have issues with getting their own powerful PCs at home (well, if they're not playing games on their phones) but it seems that industry just can't find anything that works "right".

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It is a tough industry to be in, for sure, and there is other competition in the space. I think these centers serving as spaces for connected competitions with other centers in the U.S. is an interesting idea and can work. Owning a bunch of properties and having to pay state and local taxes and other associated costs is one aspect of the business that is an expensive proposition. Times that by 100 and it's a nightmare loss scenario.

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It also doesn't help that there's like, a cultural perception of Internet cafes being for low-income or homeless individuals.

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Vindex’s whole female HR team resigned within the last few weeks. Is there a connection? Would be interesting to know the experience of female employees there

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Happy to talk to you about that!

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