Who is Ja-Naé?
A Paradigm Shift in Thinking, Living, and Leading…
One-woman revolution Ja-Naé Duane stormed into the limelight at age 13 as an award-winning public speaker. Since then, the intrepid speaker, strategist, social scientist, artist, creative economist, and author of How to Start Your Business with $100 has captured the media’s attention, appearing in The Associated Press, NPR, Classical Singer Magazine, The Boston Globe, and Business Week. Her impressive skill set and unwavering commitment to improving the quality of life for the global community garnered Ja-Naé a nomination as one of New England’s Most Innovative Leaders of 2007. Ja-Naé spearheads a plethora of ventures as CEO of Wild Women Entrepreneurs, CEO of Ja-Naé Duane Ventures, Co-Founder of the Massachusetts Artist Leaders Coalition, and Founder of The Leaders. Additionally, Ja-Naé is a professional opera singer, a social media strategist, and a faculty member at Northeastern University. Her latest book, “How to Create a Revolution: A Step-by-Step Guide to History’s Social Influencers” can be found on Amazon and iTunes.
Adventurous, iconoclastic, and cutting-edge, this Renaissance woman and polymath’s personal highlights include:
- Being an award-winning public speaker since the age of 13
- Founding Wild Women Entrepreneurs with $100—and seeing it grow to 55 chapters in 7 countries
- Founding The Leaders
- Co-Founding the Massachusetts Artist Leaders Coalition
- Founding the National Artistic Effort
- Joining the faculty at Northeastern University’s Music Department (her alma mater)
- Guest Lecturing at Emerson College on Entrepreneurship
- Performing at the White House at 17 years old
- Becoming an Ordained Minister
- Becoming a published poet
- Mentoring and advising over thousands of companies
- Composing music soundtracks and over 100 compositions
- Receiving the Key to the City of West Haven (twice)
- Meditating at the Taizé monastery, in Taizé, France at every opportunity
Always innovative and always learning, Ja-Naé created her own major through a collaboration of Northeastern University and New England Conservatory, earning a Bachelor of Arts in Opera. She completed her graduate studies at Carnegie Mellon University, and she obtained her Master of Arts degree in a collaborative program with the Opera Theater of Pittsburgh. Additionally, she holds an Associate Degree from Boston University’s Opera Institute, and she currently studies Mark Oswald and Carrie Matheson at the Metropolitan Opera.
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“Enthusiastic. Energizing. Enterprising. Those are the words I would use to describe Ja-Naé Duane. She is a born leader who is passionate about making a change in the world and helping others succeed. I’ve seen her take Wild Women Entrepreneurs from a small organization to one of the leading places women turn to make their dreams of becoming a business owner come true. She will build our global community in the same way.”
“Ja-Naé’s initiative and drive is infectious. It’s clear how she’s been able to grow a great organization in such a short time. The relentless pursuit of her dreams keeps her far ahead of the curve.”
“Ja-Naé has all the qualities I admire in an entrepreneur–she is smart, unafraid of anything, and most of all, she understands how to create something from nothing–which, in this environment, is critical for young entrepreneurs everywhere. This is a must-read for people–especially women–starting their own business. And as a side note, from one opera-singing CEO to another, you go, girl!”
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