# NYU Stern Langone Part-time MBA alumna Joanna Patsalis (MBA '19) is highlighted along with her startup, Direct Kinetic Solutions, and her experience in the School's Endless Frontier Labs: "The 100 Highest-Funded MBA Startups Of 2024."

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Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquantsforexecs.com/features/the-100-highest-funded-mba-startups-of-2024/) — "The most valuable entrepreneurial resource Patsalis found at Stern?

“'The network: classmates, faculty, advisors, investors, and more,' Patsalis tells P&Q."

Learn more about the [Langone Part-time MBA Program](https://www.stern.nyu.edu/programs-admissions/mba-programs/part-time-mba-manhattan).

[Read More](https://poetsandquantsforexecs.com/features/the-100-highest-funded-mba-startups-of-2024/)