What does it take to walk away from a stable career, start a business with your dad, and then choose motherhood on your own terms?

In this moving and empowering episode, Dana Felske shares her extraordinary journey—from leaving the banking world to co-founding FutureBook Printing, and later, becoming a single mom by choice. With honesty and clarity, Dana reveals the emotional highs and hard decisions behind both life-changing forks.

From the challenges of building a business with a parent to navigating fertility clinics, donor selection, and parenting solo, Dana’s story is a testament to vision, courage, and the power of choosing your own path—even when it’s unconventional.

Listen to hear:

• Why Dana left her corporate banking job to launch a startup with her father
• How she made the decision to become a single mother by choice
• What the donor selection process really looks like—and what happened when she met him
• The unexpected sibling connections her daughter now has
• How Dana balances running a company with raising a daughter on her own

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