By: Maria Williams
Jerlisa “Juju” Fontaine, founder and CEO of Hue Capital, is on a mission to reshape the future of work. As the head of Hue Capital, Juju leads a professional network and AI-powered career and business advice platform that helps provide thousands of NextGen industry leaders and founders with essential resources. This includes Huey, an AI career and business advisor trained on original and credibly sourced online content, ensuring actionable advice and strategies. Additionally, the platform features Kinnected, a tool that recommends niche career organizations aligned with users’ professional interests, and a range of curated events designed to enhance the community’s networking and skill development. Through these innovative offerings, Juju empowers professionals and entrepreneurs to navigate the challenges of the modern workforce while fostering a thriving yet supportive environment for growth and collaboration.
Hue Capital: A New Approach to Career and Business Growth
Hue Capital isn’t just a networking platform—it’s an ecosystem designed to offer comprehensive career and business development support. It is a professional network and AI-powered career and business advice platform dedicated to supporting the growth of industry leaders and founders. It also provides essential resources and tools to help professionals navigate the job market.
Additionally, Hue Capital hosts curated events designed to enhance networking and skill-building among its members, along with access to a wide array of resources such as multimedia content, podcasts, newsletters, and workshops aimed at fostering dynamic professional growth.
Through tools like HueyAI, an AI-powered career and business advisor that offers personalized advice and strategies based on credible online content, and Kinnected, a networking tool that connects users to niche organizations aligned with their career interests, Hue Capital helps users find career-aligned networks and gain strategic advice.
In addition, the platform offers a wide array of resources, including original multimedia content, podcasts, newsletters, and events, both virtual and in-person, to foster professional growth.
At the core of Hue Capital’s mission is addressing the economic displacement many workers face due to AI’s rapid transformation of industries. By equipping displaced workers and companies with future-proof skills and fostering a strong community, Juju helps ensure that NexGen leaders and founders are prepared for an AI-focused workforce.
“We are on a mission to redesign the Future of Work,” Juju emphasizes, “by bridging global knowledge and wealth gaps.”
Photo Courtesy: Jerlisa “Juju” Fontaine / Hue Capital
Juju Fontaine: A Founder with Unfinished Business
JuJu is a founder, career and product strategist, content creator, and speaker dedicated to a personal mission of creating happier, healthier, and wealthier individuals around the globe. With over ten years of experience, she focuses on creating content and participating in speaking engagements that address career transitions into business and tech roles, community building, startups, AI, the future of work, and digital health. Juju’s work aims to inspire and equip others to navigate their professional journeys effectively.
Juju’s drive stems from a deep desire to eliminate career frustration. Her journey began long before founding Hue Capital. After spending a decade in healthcare, Juju dedicated herself to helping others advance their careers. As a 2x founder, she launched MilleniVision, a career events platform, in 2018 to provide young professionals with career development resources.
Unfortunately, the pandemic forced MilleniVision to close, but Juju’s entrepreneurial spirit remained strong. Determined to create a more lasting impact, she pivoted to a tech-focused platform and birthed Hue Capital in 2021, building on her earlier successes.
Juju’s journey is compelling because she can turn setbacks into opportunities. She leveraged her experience, saw the growing potential of AI, and doubled down on her mission to create spaces where professionals could confidently build relationships, acquire tools, and navigate the shifting professional landscape.
Photo Courtesy: Jerlisa “Juju” Fontaine / Hue Capital
Milestones and Triumphs
Under Juju’s leadership, Hue Capital has achieved notable milestones relatively quickly. The platform has cultivated a thriving online and in-person community of thousands of professionals, facilitated numerous conversations with its AI tool, HueyAI, and held successful events, including the high-profile Winning Women NYC Summit. These accomplishments demonstrate Juju’s commitment to fostering meaningful connections and driving career growth through innovation.
Overcoming Challenges With Resilience
Like many entrepreneurs, Juju faced significant challenges. One of the toughest moments came in 2021 when she had to close down MilleniVision. She realized that while virtual events were successful, they lacked the impact she sought. She reimagined her approach, understanding that people needed more than just events—they needed tools and guidance to navigate career changes and business challenges.
This realization fueled her decision to create Hue Capital’s AI-driven platform, enabling her to scale the advice and support she provided to a broader audience one-on-one.
Balancing her vision for Hue Capital with a full-time job was another challenge. Juju’s commitment to her community led her to quit her six-figure job and focus entirely on building Hue Capital, betting on herself and her mission.
Looking to the Future
Juju Fontaine sees Hue Capital evolving into a social, professional network that connects individuals and facilitates genuine online and IRL relationships, as well as professional development. With AI at its core, Hue Capital is positioned to become the go-to platform for NexGen leaders and founders seeking career advice, community, and business growth in a rapidly changing world. Juju’s vision is clear: “Our goal is to become a leading online platform for professionals in the coming five years.”
Published By: Aize Perez
