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title: 'Oregon Business sits down with the head of the Portland Office of Small Business'
date: '2025-05-27T13:59:01-07:00'
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# Oregon Business sits down with the head of the Portland Office of Small Business

I think I’ve seen Mitch Daugherty do more press opportunities in the short time since he’s [taken the lead role at the new Portland Office of Small Business](https://prosperportland.us/prosper-portland-hires-mitch-daugherty/) than I have in the last decade of being alongside him as a cofounder. And given how much I know he squirms at this sort of attention, please allow we to highlight another conversation where [Oregon Business took the time to sit down with Mitch for an interview](https://oregonbusiness.com/tactics-mitch-daugherty-opens-the-door/).

> Every small business faces different challenges, whether you’re a creative agency or food and beverage manufacturing company or retail business. For the retail business, it might be foot traffic, or public safety, or any of the challenges around unknowns, around tariffs increasing, goods going up or the cost of labor. Whereas for food and beverage manufacturers, it might be access to capital, getting new markets, how do you grow outside of Oregon?
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> So what we’re really trying to do is not make this an umbrella agency where every small business is the same, because we know every small business is different. Every business district is different. Every part of the city is different. So we’re really approaching it from a one-on-one, human-empathy-focused approach. We want to know what your business is, what your exact challenges are, and then try to find the resources to help people.

For the entire interview, visit [Oregon Business](https://oregonbusiness.com/tactics-mitch-daugherty-opens-the-door/).

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