Business Idea of the Day

Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal : The focus of recent weeks may have been on Olympic Athletes, but only 1 in 10 who responded to a recent Business Pulse survey said that they would prefer their child to become one. Readers were presented with a very limited set of career choices for their children in the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal online survey: Olympic athlete, U.S. Senator, doctor or entrepreneur.

It’s simply a fact of life that when parents travel with children their favorite toys must come along for the ride. Even if that means mom and dad are stuck carrying it all. Before having her son, Lise Lafontaine chalked up the need for parents to tote toys around as simply a responsibility. After he was born, though, she quickly learned how much of a pain that could really be. Inspired by that realization, determined to make it easy and fun for kids to carry their own stuffed friends, Lise came up with Carry Me Babies

Search engine optimization can raise your website’s profile, delivering more traffic, more customers, and bigger revenues. Inc.com shows you how to make the most of this essential marketing tool. 1.

Large corporations have been testing a new device that can generate power on the spot, without being connected to the electric grid. Will we have one in every home someday?

When Christine DeHaven’s son was only 2 months old, she decided to make a list of baby must-haves, reports the LA Times . On that list Christine put down the names of products that she felt were essential, including the blankets from aden + anais . She then passed that list on to her friends. “As a new mom, there is so much out there, and they make you feel like you need all these things,” she wrote in her note. “I wanted to tell people what I really used.” There are 36 items on the list, which she has since e-mailed to half a dozen expecting moms

A few weeks back, Popgadget ’s Sherri reported that Mattel was holding open votes to decide Barbie’s 126th career. Among the choices were News Anchor, Architect, and Computer Engineer. I’m happy to announce that the people have spoken and we now have Computer Engineer Barbie.

If you’ve been waiting for a man-friendly version of Spanx, those butt lifting pantyhose products that women love, your time has finally come. According to NY Daily News , the new Spanx For Men will be released on March 15th at Neiman Marcus. While this product won’t lift your posterior, it will give your pecks a boost. Constructed of Egyptian cotton, the shirts are 19% spandex and appear just like regular t-shirts. They’re priced much higher, however – between $55 and $58

Inc.com reports that if you ever doubted that it’s incredibly hip to be a young entrepreneur these days, consider that HBO has launched a new Entouragesque series about the travails of aspiring young business owners. How To Make It In America, which aired Feb. 14 at 10 p.m., follows Ben Epstein (Bryan Greenberg) and Cam Calderon (Victor Rasuk), two twenty-something New Yorkers who decide to launch a premium denim company. Greenberg took his role as Ben Epstein seriously enough to actually have some conversations with successful entrepreneurs in the fashion industry. He checked in with some folks at Mark Ecko, and also had a long conversation with Bobby Kim, co-founder of The Hundreds, a streetwear apparel company and former Inc

If you were to ask Tisha Marie Pelletier what the toughest job around is, she would tell you that it is being a “mom entrepreneur”, as reported by azcentral.com . She’s not alone. Many mompreneurs reflect that very same sentiment.

Don Poffenroth paged through a magazine on a flight several years ago when an article grabbed his attention: Entrepreneurs could use 401(k) savings to start a business without getting hit by taxes and early-withdrawal penalties, according to a story in USA TODAY. He and a partner had drawn up plans for a gin, vodka and whiskey distillery in Spokane, Wash., but they struggled with the best funding options. “Neither of us was rich,” he says. “We didn’t want to have to sell shares in the company to start with