Road to Innovation

Conversation with Artist, Mary Lonergan - Bold and Persistent, Keys to Success

Mary Lonergan, San Francisco Bay Area artist and writer, might remind you of the person who works alongside you in the gray cubicle by day, but after work, her life is anything but drab.

After years of struggling to claim her artistic talent, Mary's advice to others is to live life bold and pursue your dreams no matter who judges and criticizes you. Persistence in pursuit of a goal has been her path to success where she aims to become a "wildly successful woman on her terms". 

Mary's discipline and perseverance has paid off with her first public art show opening in Florence, Italy this December. She shudders at the thought that this international door almost closed before it ever opened...

(length: 6:19) 

Crossroads Description: Individuals taking bigger actions to reinvent their lives in pursuit of a dream.

Conversation with Monte Malhotra - Author, Young Investor

Financial investor since junior high, Monte Malhotra, decided to write a book when he got to high school and found that others didn't share his passion for building wealth at an early age.

Now a full-time student at Stanford University, he's on a mission to educate high schoolers and college students on the principles of investing based on his book The Young Investors Guide to Retiring Young.

How young?

Listen in as Monte shares the challenges of writing and publishing a book at seventeen, the detours he took along the way, and some insider tips and practical investing advice for all ages.

(length: 5:30) 

Detours  Description: Risktakers who use creative routes when one is closed.