No One Is Self-Made // Build Your Village to Flourish in Business and Life

From the founder of Atlanta's thriving Village Market comes an inspirational guide for entrepreneurs and leaders, showcasing the transformative power of community support to overcome systemic barriers to business success. Support is a verb. Dr. Lakeysha Hallmon keeps that phrase pinned to her wall as a reminder of the transformative power of community. As she leaned into her purpose and began pursuing her entrepreneurial dreams, she quickly realized the racial disparities and systemic issues impacting Black owners of small businesses. In Atlanta, she met many brilliant creators and small business owners who were going after their dreams too and believed that their trajectories could be catapulted if supported by an invested community. She founded the Village Market, a collective of Black small business owners, to harness the power of community in growing and scaling many Black-owned businesses. The Village Market funneled millions of dollars into local businesses with the aim of buildi