About
More women building businesses that last.
The Next Women exists to increase the number of successful women-led businesses. Our contribution is specific: more women building companies that survive, grow, hire, attract investment and shape the economy.
01/Our story
Since 2012. Rebuilt for the next decade.
The Next Women has been part of the Dutch entrepreneurial landscape since 2012. Over the years it built a respected name, a deep network across founders, investors and corporates, and a record of convening the people who matter.
In 2024 the organisation changed hands and asked a harder question than “how do we continue?”. What should The Next Women become over the next ten years? The world does not need another networking organisation. It needs an ecosystem that measurably increases a founder’s chances of success.
So we shifted. From networking to relationships. From inspiration to execution. From community as an activity to community as strategic infrastructure.
The Next Women is led by Dorothy Seguy, owner and director, who brings a background in gender studies and years of building startup ecosystems in Paris and internationally.
02/What we believe
Enough diagnosis. Time for design.
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Ambition is a strength.
We build for founders who want to grow, and say so.
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Women do not need fixing.
The systems around entrepreneurship often do. We work on access, not on confidence.
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Relationships create opportunity.
Customers, investors, advisors and peers decide a founder’s trajectory. We make those connections intentional.
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Community is infrastructure.
Nobody wants another membership. They want what membership makes possible.
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Business deserves depth.
Funding, pricing, hiring, governance, exits. Real conversations, not inspiration.
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Wealth matters.
Wealth is freedom of time, of care, of choice. When women create it, they redistribute power.
03/How we create impact
The founder in the centre.
Around every founder are the people and institutions that influence success. Our role is not to replace them. It is to connect them, on purpose, around ambitious founders.
Research informs programmes. Programmes strengthen members. Members share insight. Insight attracts partners. Partners create opportunity. Successful founders give back.
- Founders01
- Investors02
- Corporate partners03
- Experts04
- Universities05
- Government06
- Researchers07
- Alumni08