# Recent MBA graduate Lia Winograd (MBA ‘19) emphasizes the value of the network she developed at Stern for her career as an entrepreneur

1 School News May 22, 2019 ![Poets and Quants logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/con_036687.gif?itok=YuUEYfSP)>

Excerpt from [Poets & Quants](https://poetsandquants.com/2019/05/22/is-the-mba-really-as-transformative-as-schools-claim/2/) -- "Prior to my MBA, I was a founder in New York City who could count the people upon whom I could reliably depend on with my own two hands. As I prepare to graduate, I not only know a huge range of founders, investors, and other really smart people, but I’ve already used those connections to further Pepper’s success."

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