Tell us a bit about Dark City Media Group?
DCMG is a social venture company which develops art and media projects to raise funding for philanthropy and human rights projects. DCMG develops projects for producers who support philanthropy. I saw areas that needed advocacy and that the government wasn’t addressing. After being forced to step away from my acting career I flocked to journalism studies in 2001 and then private investigation in 2005 in order to increase my skills. By 2006, I moved to the Washington, DC area to put those skills to good use. I also accepted a position as a media director in order to create a diverse set of skills in media. I knew the long game was DCMG but I also knew that every job I took to fund the path to creating DCMG would provide me necessary experience to run the dynamic business model I had in my mind’s eye.
What gave you the idea for your business and how did it start?
DCMG began in 2003, shortly after working with ABC News where I began to learn about child trafficking. In order to protect a proprietary business model, I will offer you this, I created a business model similar to a spiders web in order to catch bad guys by fueling it with the power of media and technology. Prior to finding out about human trafficking I had intended DCMG to create an underground railroad for assisting stalking survivors and journalists to safety. Over time, as my knowledge and professional experience matured so did the DCMG business model.
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