~ Hardcover

~ New Release - 2022

No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot: My Rise from a Jamaican Plantation Shack to the Boardrooms of Bay Street

Wes Hall, one of Canada's most successful business leaders, the founder of the BlackNorth Initiative, and the first Black Dragon in the 'Dragon's Den' presents No Bootstraps When You're Barefoot, a rags-to-riches story that also carries a profound message of hope and change.

“Wes Hall’s memoir is extraordinary: a rags-to-riches story that is also a powerful testament to the spirit that helped him overcome poverty, abuse and racism.  He has bared not just his feet, but his fears, his aspirations and struggles, showing us that to come from ‘nothing’ shouldn’t be a barrier, but to do ‘nothing’ to break down those walls is never okay.” -- Arlene Dickinson, businesswoman, investor, author, and television personality