Portland, Oregon is a city of craft-focused entrepreneurs where many of the ideas for successful small businesses start from chance conversations among friends. Recognizing this, Jason French and Michelle Battista of Ned Ludd—an intimate Portland restaurant known to source artisanal, local ingredients, all cooked in a small, wood-fired oven—gathered together the founders of several local companies: Rejuvenation, a lighting and hardware company; Colorhouse, a Portland-based …
A Mercantile Meal