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Everfan's Custom Capes Take Off Among Superhero WorshipersMeet the man who built a grown-up business from a childhood love of superheroes.

ByJodi Helmer

This story appears in theNovember 2014issue of狗万官方.Subscribe »

Entrepreneur:Scott Chastain turned a childhood infatuation with super-heroes into a grown-up business. His Thomasville, Ga.-based company, Everfan, sells custom capes for kids and adults, including sports fans, corporate clients and nonprofits.

"Aha" moment:When the dip in the real-estate market led to a decline in business at his landscape architecture firm, Chastain
started dreaming up ideas for new ventures. With the twin powers of a sewing machine and his imagination, he stitched together
his passions for superheroes and college football to create colorful capes with collegiate logos. Everfan launched in 2011.

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