Plant Seeds, Grow a Garden: Sam W...
Plant Seeds, Grow a Garden: Sam Walker on Legacy, Fatherhood, and Reinvention

The Reinvention Code with Dorinda Walker by Dorinda Walker

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What happens when you spend 27 years helping build one of the most iconic Black media brands in history yand then walk away to build your own?

This week on The Reinvention Code, I'm sitting down with Sam Walker, veteran television executive and producer who shaped some of BET's most defining cultural moments, from the BET Awards and Soul Train Awards to Rap City and the Black College Tour. Today, Sam is the founder of WalkRight Media and navigating the very reinvention he spent decades producing for others.

We talk about the decision that changed everything, when BET relocated to New York and he chose to stay in DC, choosing his daughter, his roots, and his real life over the industry pull. We also get into what it really takes to go from corporate to entrepreneurship, why your brand is the only thing that survives innovation, and th ... 

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