PORTLAND, Ore. — For many new businesses in Oregon, making it past year one is far from guaranteed. A new national study ranks the state among the worst for first-year failures — and business owners who have survived the freshman fracas say they have an idea why.
Ann McCulloch is a longtime Portland architect and interior designer, but she’s dreamed of doing more.
“I really like the big picture, like going from the little scale to the big scale,” McCulloch said…