American Gladiators is Back!
This had to get top of the list. AG is coming back! Hell yeah!

Sneak Peek: Magento Demo Store Homepage
Magento, the most promising looking e-commerce platform, is set to roll out within the next 5 days. Here’s the first sneak peek of the homepage, and I’m now more giddier than a 12 year old and his first copy of Maxim.

What’s Your Archetype?
If you run a community (blog or forum), this is an interesting look at the different archetypes you can expect and hope for within your community.

[daily dose of imagery]
I think we already proclaimed our love for this site way back when, but it’s worth another plug. Toronto should throw out all their cheesy marketing and just make a book out of these photos. Absolutely, inspirationally stunning.

MoanMyIP.com
If there’s a more embarrassing way to find your IP address in the office while speakers are cranked aloud, I’d love to hear about it.

Which Ads Don’t Get Skipped?
BusinessWeek put together a list and slideshow of some of the spots that are said to be the least skipped on Tivo. Go Bowflex, go!

Better ways of working — Part One — Part Two — Part Three
Gareth at Brand New took some of the highlights from a recent presentation he made at VCU Adcenter. It’s a fantastic branding series broken up over three posts.

The New Disruptors - Inkless printing
A video tour of Zink’s office, creators of a new inkless printing technology. Printing pictures directly from your digital camera and cellphones, is not too far down the road.

How to Get 6,312 Subscribers to Your Business Blog in One Day
Step 1) Pray a little. Step 2) Suck less.

18 Tips for Killer Presentations
Simple, straight-forward tips to help you feel less like an ass in front of that bright projection light.

So there was a video post (Trust Me Im A Professional) that hit the front page of Digg.com today, where in a video supposedly shot in 1994 a motivation speaker talks a woman into doing a trust fall where she smacks her head on the floor. The controversy comes from the intro clip to the video that shows what is supposedly the same man, selling his motivation material today, 13 years later…

So how can this guy who knocked a woman out on stage still be a motivational speaker?

He isn’t. It is called a viral video. Made specifically to fool you into talking about it.

Notice that there is an eerie resemblance between the girl who smacks her head in 1994 and a girl in his current promo video…

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They had asked us several months back to play the role of an interviewee, we accepted, and completely forgot about it. Kevin approached me again, and we finally made it happen.

He sent over a list of great questions, I replied with my usual lengthy responses, and even recorded an audio version for all the lazy folk. (Click the mp3 if you want to listen, not the player, or else I sound a bit like Hulk).

Kevin and Juxtaviews have one of the nicest formats for interviews and go all out in presentation. I think it looks awesome, and I was honoured to be interviewed. As we’ve said before, we love thier site.

Alright, enough ass kissin’. Check it out, share your comments, and take a look at some of our submitted YGG logos that made the interview. We’d still love to have a ton more featured here, so print out your little YGG sign, snap a pic, and send it in.

(Thanks to Kevin for creating the base of that trippy image above)

Britney Spears’s new fragrance, Britney Spears Believe will be out on counters in October, but is available for Pre-order online. The brand for this new fragrance is a complete rip of mondonation‘s brand…

Somewhere there is a design team who should be fired.

Last year I stumbled across a very interesting company coming out of Vancouver, Canada. mondonation had a simple, clever and meaningful idea that allowed people to customize a personal mantra onto a t-shirt. A statement of something they believed in… Some were heartfelt messages “I believe everyday people can make a difference every day” and some that are just fun or silly “I believe the hokey pokey is what it’s all about.”

The kicker about mondonation is that it was set-up to support lots of international charities, by donating part of the profits from each shirt sale. I had a chance to speak to Ward Bingham the founder of the company last year about what they were doing and how my disaster relief agency, www.HODR.org could find support from what he was doing. We since have joined up as a partner charity and I’ve been a huge fan and supporter of the project ever since.

mondonation has reached thousands of people with their “I believe�? t-shirts. All you have to do is watch some of the YouTube videos to get an idea of how many people they’ve reached. This one video has been viewed almost 700,000 times.

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The Art of Guest Blogging: Should You Pay Guest Bloggers to Blog?
There comes a time when you can’t handle blogging by yourself anymore. So you start the hunt for guest bloggers. The question(s) is, should pay them, and should they expect to be paid?

Sleevage
Ashley from Bannerblog recently launched this site, and has been working on it with EMI for quite some time. Sleevage is a great source of inspiration for any creative or musicphile.

Magazine Creators Not Familiar With Internet
OMFG, this is why some businesses should consult young go getters.

Flip your thoughts: The key habit for weight loss, frugality, happiness, success
An unconventional guide to helping you develop habits in getting your ass in shape and bettering your life all-around.

Stunning toaster from the German Manufactum
The scariest toaster, ever.

The Madness Begins with a 300-Page AT&T Bill for iPhone
I see your 20 page cable bill, and raise with a 300 page phone bill, and a case of uber-hotness. (makes phone shape with hand) Call me.

Hairy Soap - A Look at Old Spice Body Wash
Matt shares one of the latest ads from Old Spice. I think their rebranding effort has been a success in stepping away from the BOLD and AGGRESSIVE styling. See for yourself in this ad and their new packaging.

Staying Motivated
It’s hard enough to get the ball rolling. But it’s even harder to keep it rolling. A List Apart tries to help you out in that department with this article.

Dry Erase Paint
Now, this is a good idea. Have an idea? Scribble it on the cupboards. Have a word or two for your spouse? Share your emotions on the living room wall.

The Beauty of Letterpress (video)
This is such an incredible craft that can be traced to the origin of almost every medium. If you have the opportunity at some point in your life, take a letterpress class. You won’t regret it.

The Starbuckian Handbook
Sally shares an essential list of standards for anyone living the Starbucks lifestyle. If you’re a n00b to the way of the Buck de Star, this’ll help you blend in with the in-crowd. (I’m so damn Punny)

113 Must Read Blogging Tips
Part of an ongoing series at ProBlogger, this list should reveal an insightful tip or two to help you better your blog.

Coca-Cola Happiness Factory
This is the second spot in this animated series (they seem to take a year to make). If you’re not already addicted to the unhealthy liquid blend of caffeine, sugar, and the other ingredients not recommended to be part of your daily diet, this commercial may just make you take the leap.

Have a link or article you think should make the Entreprenews? Send it to us before Saturday each week, and if we think our readers will like it, we’ll include it and give you due credit. hello (at) younggogetter (dot) com.

You’d look like this. Hilarious.

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Our friends over at Freelance Switch have put an enormous amount of thought and effort into creating an event to better this world. We were one of the first sites to commit to it, and hope you will as well.

It’s called Blog Action Day, and the blogging event is scheduled to take place on October 15th. The idea is simple: 1) Write a post about about an issue or solution that relates to the environment. 2) Donate your advertising earnings from that one day to an environmental charity of your choice.

Some large blogs have already hopped on board (GigaOm, Copyblogger, Reddit, and YGG of course :), and we’re sure, at the end of the day, the list will be gigantic and feature every celeb-blogger you can think of, including yourself.

Take a look at the website for Blog Action Day, watch the video above, then immediately register to have your blog participate in the event. As I said, expect the event to have thousands of participants, and hopefully have an impact on our media, government, and personal priorities.

Wow, time sure flies. August 1st was the exact two year marker since Young Go Getter was first created by Eric. I’ve been a member since that day and a partner for a little over a year.

What began as just a phpBB forum, then morphed into a horror-show of iframes (I already apologized, back off!), finally became the WordPress/Vanilla mashup you’ve come to love.

It’ll be interesting to look back on YGG a year from today as we reach triple digits (inside Flight of the Conchords joke). I know it won’t look anything like it does today, but I haven’t the slightest clue what it will look like. Let’s worry about that when the time comes.

So to all of the unbelievable readers, members, and supporters of YGG, two cheers to helping us stay above water for over 700 days and motivating us to keep at it.

That’s right creepy Elmo. Yahoo. We’re 2.

This was quite the busy week in business and blogging. Hence, the longest collection of Entreprenews to date. Enjoy!

8 Essential Strategies to Saying “No”
Thanks to Verne for this link
Our pals over at FSw share 8 different ways to tell your client to piss off, pleasantly.

Look Behind Our Shirts: Shirt.Woot Exposed!
An extensive photo documentation of Woot screen printing their shirts. Very cool.

Original Design Gangsta
For all the designers in da house. A video rhymin’ and mixin’, terminology from the creative world we live in.

Age, Entrepreneurship, Productivity, Precocity
As time passes, so does opportunity. A bit of number and factor crunching to get your ass in gear.

Putting the Del.icio.us Lesson into Practice, Part II: Feature Creep
Features are great, when needed. But if they’re let lose, they can creep into every nook and crany, and result in what’s known as ugaly-as-myspac-a-citis.

Cycle of a Fan
An illustrated look at the difference between being a customer and being a fan.

Chrysler Rebranding
Looks a little less ugly, I guess.

Taberu Me: Peanuts as business cards
Your paper business cards suck in comparison to my nuts. (nastiest pun you’ll ever hear from me)

Eric Staller: Light Drawings
Light art has been getting quite a bit of publicity lately. But these gorgeous captures date back to the late 70s, while today’s artsies were still in diapers.

9 Ways to keep hucksters, shucksters and slimeballs at arms length when starting your own business
How to avoid those “turn your dollar into $13,426.53″ jerks, and save yourself from plenty of headaches and lawsuits.

The new ProBlogger is up
Title says it all. And may I add, about damn time Mr. Rowse!

Baker’s Edge
Who doesn’t love the crunchy edges of brownies? Now everyone can.

10 Ways to Write a Great Lead for a Blog Post
Great articles are nothing without a great lead. Bookmark this goody.

Is good enough enough?
Deadlines and restraints usually result in “good enough”. But what if you changed your objective?

The Ten Most Obnoxiously Overquoted Movies
If you ask for the TPS reports one more time, I’m, going, to, SNAP!!!

An Interview With Ben Gillbanks from Miniclip
We featured and loved one of Ben’s Miniclip games not too long ago. Now, our beloved young go getter, Adnan, went one step further and interviewed him. Great job Adnan.

Have a link or article you think should make the Entreprenews? Send it to us before Saturday each week, and if we think our readers will like it, we’ll include it and give you due credit. hello (at) younggogetter (dot) com.

From the feedback we got in the Forum, it was time for an upgrade to the Directory. So I spent the morning building a new direction for it, and went with the gallery format instead of a tag cloud.

We were just looking to give you a reason to drop by there every now and then, and make it easier to view and visit the sites. In my opinion, it looks a helluva lot better.

All of the dead sites were weeded out, and we encourage anyone that would like to be featured in the Directory to take a moment, register in our forum, and we’ll add it for you.