From Small Town to Custom Hats: Laney Chase and the Rise of Cackling Crow

Lanie Chase (@cackling_crow) is a 20-year-old artist building Cackling Crow one market at a time. She talks about what it really looks like to grow a handmade business—burning through early designs, packing her car with 20+ hats, getting rained out, and still showing up the next weekend. This conversation gets into the unfiltered side of small business: why going in person beats DMs, how wineries became her growth strategy, and why staying small and hands-on matters more than scaling fast. It’s practical, honest, and grounded in real experience.SponsorsOutPost Roasters⁠https://www.outpostroastersjc.com/⁠Theme Music: “Bag of Bones” by Fight For The Users. Used with permission. https://linktr.ee/fightfortheusers