As you might suspect, small business owners are worried about the economy.  Many would like to grow, but they figure they should focus on maintaining what they’ve.  A recent survey, reported in Small Business Trends, reveals the three-fourths of small businesses are planning for growth over the next few years, but they are worried about the economy and the results of the upcoming presidential election, so they’re biding their time.

My current poll here on Small Business Boomers showed that that readers were evenly divided in their opinion about whether Barak Obama or John McCain has the ideal small business policy.  In another survey cited by Small Business Trends, 38 percent of the business owners surveyed said the economy will be a major factor in deciding who to vote for in November.

I guess we are all just holding our breath, to see what happens to the stock market, and in the presidential election.

Tags: baby boomers, business growth, small business trends, small businesses

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Flamboyant Chanel designer Karl Lagerfeld has bought a historic mansion on an island in Vermont’s rustic Lake Champlain. Lagerfeld never visited the 1840 six-bedroom landmark in person, but made the buy based solely on photographs. “I love it. It’s very much Emily Dickinson,” Lagerfeld told WWD backstage at the Chanel show in Paris. We suspect he might be referring to the poet’s picturesque houses in Amherst, Mass.

Lagerfeld tells the paper the Lake Champlain landscape reminds him of Northern Europe, and states he’s planning an elegant yet still fashionable New England-appropriate d

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Trivial Pursuit, the game that launched the trivia craze, is 25 years old.  Remember when it came out in 1983?  Everyone was playing.  It was a love-hate kind of thing - you either loved it or hated it.

I loved Trivial Pursuit - my family hated it, because I  would always win.  I’m a big trivia fan, and a big Jeopardy watcher (more about that tomorrow).

Now Trivial Pursuit is on DVD and on the web (on Pogo.com, the on the web game site).  Things change, but they stay the same.

I especially liked the Baby Boomer edition.  Of course, my Gen X children won’t have anything to do with that one.  Oh, well.

Happy birthday, Trivial Pursuit!

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Tags: baby boomers, jeopardy, pogo.com, trivia fans, trivial pursuit

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