What happens when the women just behind the industry’s senior ranks build the network they wished existed? In this special episode of the Dakota Live! Podcast, host Robert Morier heads to New York City for a roundtable with the founders of The Next Collective, a community built by and for women at the same stage of their investment careers.
Joining the conversation:
- Jin Dingmore, Director of Investments, Baylor University Office of Investments
- Miriam Sanders, Director of Investor Relations, Sands Capital
- Katie Peykar, Partner, Torch Capital
- Cristina Nuñez, Co-Founder and General Partner, True Beauty Ventures
One LP and three GPs share candid insights on:
- The gap they saw between large senior-level gatherings and the women building their careers just behind them
- Why the best networking isn’t transactional, and why “it’s depth over breadth”
- How a carefully curated gathering builds real trust
- Balancing career and family in your 30s and 40s, including a CIO’s reminder that “your 80% is going to be better than the average person’s 100%”
- Why relationships may matter even more as AI commoditizes parts of the job
Whether you’re an allocator, a GP, or simply building your own network, this conversation is a reminder that the strongest connections are the ones you invest in deliberately.
