Small Business Owner Hats

Small Business Owner is the full-time version of the entrepreneur myth: no payroll department, no IT desk, no second person to blame. "Shop small" and "support small business" are flags Small Business Saturday and Small Business Week built into the national calendar, and the subreddit r/smallbusiness runs on exactly the owner-operator voice these hats speak in. These hats are not the freelancer chasing a Net 30 invoice, and not the hustle-bravado of Fake It Till You Make It; this is the person who incorporated, who is every department at once, and who is proud of it anyway. The two badges, SMALL BUSINESS OWNER and SHOP SMALL, name the identity and the flag customers wear right alongside the owners. CEO, CFO AND JANITOR states the honest org chart. I QUIT MY 9 TO 5 FOR A 24/7 and WORK-LIFE BALANCE? I OWN A SMALL BUSINESS both take aim at the hours nobody warns you about, while I'M MY OWN BOSS MY BOSS IS A NIGHTMARE and ENTREPRENEUR UNEMPLOYED WITH EXTRA STEPS turn the bravado inside out. I PAY MYSELF IN INVENTORY and SHOP SMALL I NEED THE MONEY say the quiet part about cash flow out loud, and EVERY ORDER GETS A HAPPY DANCE keeps one line of pure joy in the mix. Every design is custom embroidered on an unstructured dad hat. CEO, CFO AND JANITOR and I PAY MYSELF IN INVENTORY, the two strongest lines, each get a second colorway.