As Martha Stewart attempts to mimic the success of Donald Trump and reality TV's "The Apprentice", her new show will feature non-other than David Karandish, the self-proclaimed creator of "AIM Talk," an AOL Instant Messenger plug-in that converted text-to-speech.

The Apprentice: Martha Stewart features 16 contestants in a competition that differs only in semantics from the Trump version that is entering its fourth season. Reportedly, on Stewart's Apprentice show, contestants will meet in the conference room rather than the board room and will live in a loft rather than a suite.

At 22, Karandish is one of the youngest competitors on the show. Publicists on the Apprentice refer to him as a charismatic Washington University student who is the owner and creator of an internet advertising company.

On his own web-site, the brash contestant goes a bit further with his own self-promotion. The site states that Karandish was " known to lecture classes at the request of his professors" and that "the American Mensa member now earns six figures."
Non-Karandish web sites have begun ribbing the contestant in earnest. The general theme being that the young internet mogul must simply be seeking a break from the rigors of entrepreneurship even if no one can fathom why a 22 year-old making $100,000 a year would ever consider working for some one else.