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Three years ago, Fred Mwangaguhunga launched MediaTakeOut.com, a blog focusing on urban gossip that is beating similar sites run by much larger companies.
Fred Mwangaguhunga started his career capturing stories on film as a wedding videographer, a far cry from the gossip mogul he is today. But maybe that first college job augured where he’d end up: in the media hot seat, where photos and video footage of intimate moments are the coin of the realm. Mwangaguhunga is the founder and CEO of MediaTakeOut.com, a blog-style gossip website that caters to urban readers. The snarky, urban MediaTakeOut is known for breaking news that’s often picked up by CNN, NBC, People, the New York Post and TMZ, and advertisers are buying the hype — literally. The site gobbles up ad buys that used to go to competitors AOL Black Voices, BET.com and Essence.com, while its traffic has continually surpassed them as well. The lawyer turned serial entrepreneur, now 35, shows no signs of backing down. Watch out, Perez Hilton. He recently spoke with Inc.com senior editor Nicole Marie Richardson.
What led you to start MediaTakeOut.com?
I had a laundry business called Laundry Spa that was essentially a web-based business. Clients logged on, scheduled a pickup time and delivery time, chose a fragrance for their clothes, and we’d come pick it up and deliver it back to them. Business took off after we got a write up on the Daily Candy blog site. At Laundry Spa, we spent our ad budget on blogs. At the time, the idea of blogs was that they were really a niche only for the ultra-techie. After I sold my laundry business, I looked at the blog world and saw the growth they’d had. I thought this could be something bigger than a fad, or even if it is a fad, it’s a fad that could last years. I didn’t have anything else to do at the time, so I thought, let me just try this.
What were your start-up costs?
It cost $19.99 for the Yahoo account and about $7.99 for the domain name. Because I’m from a small business background, I operate this as a small business. We’re lean in everything we do, and every expense is looked at to see how it will affect the bottom line. I want to maintain profitability and grow organically.
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Actress Gabourey Sidibe who played stared in the critically acclaimed movie ‘Precious’ sits with Charlie Rose to discuss the film and how she got into acting. Click Here For Interview
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50 Cent discuss being the biggest touring hip hop artist, his evolution in Hollywood and his busy schedule; states he hasn’t been home this year and probably wont make it there till the end of the year. This interview here you got to give it some time to build the interviewer opens up with a dumb topic in my book… yo you can see 50 looking like man these some dumb as* questions lol… check it out!
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Eric and Donald Trump Jr. reveal some early lessons on finance and trust. Check out the advise their father gave them at a very young age and leave your thoughts… agree or disagree?
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Now I am a self proclaimed Air Head, Nike is definitely my primary sneak of choice but I do have to say their stance on outsourcing production jobs to Indonesia is cold blooded, watch this video to check it out (this is an old clip of Michael Moore exposing the business operations on Nike).
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One of basketball’s most profound coaches John Wooden takes out some of his time to inspire others. With profound simplicity, Coach John Wooden redefines success and urges us all to pursue the best in ourselves. In this inspiring talk he shares the advice he gave his players at UCLA, quotes poetry and remembers his father’s wisdom.
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Lil Wayne ft. Eminem – “Drop The World Video”
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Teairra Marie ft. Soulja Boy and Gucci Mane
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Jason Kidd talks his first job and gives advice to young people to follow their dreams.
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For Leno’s first show back he invites none other than Jamie Foxx, and it was a hell of a choice lol… Jamie got the crowed hype as soon as he walked on the stage… for a minute it looked as if Leno was getting annoyed but just went with Jamie’s flow funny stuff, check it out.
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