Business Idea of the Day

When you walk into the shop created by Debbie and Kristy Yettaw, they want you to feel like animals are people too reports Press-Telegram . Debbie, a laid-off transportation worker, and her 21-year-old daughter Kristy celebrated their grand opening onJuly 10. Inspired by her daughter’s love of animals and a troubled economy, Debbie says they took Kristy’s passion, coupled it with a plan and went after their dream.

According to the Art Marcovici website, Cashvertise is the answer. The average 100 USD Note is circulating for 7.4 years, it changes hands on average 3x per week, so each ad on a 100 USD note is seen by more then 1000 persons.

Amanda Dorsey has spent dozens of hours categorizing search results on eBay, verifying search-engine links and doing other online jobs for CrowdFlower Inc. , a San Francisco employment agency.

Victor Baca thought he had an invention that would make him rich… but ended up calling KUSI’ s Michael Turko with a real problem. Turko says the man spent big bucks trying to turn his dream into reality, but ended up with next to nothing to show for it.

Once compared to contemporaries Thomas Edison, Alexander Graham Bell and George Westinghouse, Frank Sprague, for better or worse, could be called the “father of the modern city,” according to a story in the Connecticut Post . Two of his key inventions — the first electric motor that ran at a constant speed under various loads and the self-propelled train car–led to the trolleys and later, to commuter trains.

Malemark.com has launched, with the goal of offering men greeting cards from a male perspective. AppScout reports there are no syrupy poems here or pastel shades, just things men can relate to.

Ten-year-old Brady Miller couldn’t hit the ball right. So his dad, Rick Miller, made a training tool that gave him clues about how to swing the bat, reports the Dallas Morning News. Two years later, the RBI Pro Swing is manufactured in Irving, packaged in Fort Worth and sold in sports stores across the country. It has become the full-time job of the 49-year-old Colleyville resident and the inspiration for his Fort Worth-based company, MSportsLLC. The company hopes to sell 1 million Pro Swings by 2013.

After a career in the financial field, Korinne Seel found herself a stay-at-home mom with the itch to try something a little different. So she turned her hobby into a business. Korinne has always enjoyed entertaining people but her passion wasn’t in the cooking. No, she found her passion in the presentation of the food for a party reports WRAL.com . She noticed that in bigger cites on the West and East Coasts, businesses were popping up creating high-end dessert tables

According to The Peoria Times , it all started when twin brothers Joshua and Zachary Neyens were just 6 years old and playing in their garage with some stretchy fabric. Zach said, ‘Daddy, why don’t we buy some more fabric,’” Jay Neyens said.

According to The Orlando Sentinel , the Discover Small Business Watch in July found that 75 percent of small business owners surveyed believe it is likely or highly likely that the economy will slip into another recession before it fully recovers. A total of 58 percent of small business owners rated the economy as poor, up from 51 percent in June. Just 7 percent said the economy was excellent or good. “They’ll be holding back their economic enthusiasm until they have tangible evidence that their bottom lines are improving,” said Ryan Scully, director of Discover’s business card, which commissions the monthly research