Fired, Postpartum, and Building an FDA-Cleared Company w/ Danielle Fette (EP #78)

Sep 7

2 min read

Rebel Rootz Show Episode #78 with Danielle Fette.

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Danielle Fette was pregnant, raising a family, and deeply invested in a regenerative medicine company she believed in when everything fell apart.

After speaking up about decisions she believed put patients at risk, Danielle and her husband were fired. Soon after giving birth, she was postpartum, overwhelmed, and interviewing for jobs while trying to figure out what came next.

Instead of walking away, they decided to build something better.

In this episode, Evonne and Danielle talk about starting over, building an FDA-cleared regenerative medicine company, working with your spouse, motherhood, leadership, imposter syndrome, and why waiting for the perfect plan can keep you stuck.

Danielle’s message is simple: start before you feel ready, stop comparing yourself to everyone who looks perfect online, and keep putting one foot in front of the other.

Sometimes starting over looks messy.

Sometimes it looks like building something better.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Intro

[01:57] From Nurse to Regenerative Medicine

[03:18] Getting Fired and Starting Over

[05:01] Postpartum and Out of Work

[06:49] Funding FDA Clearance

[11:38] Building a Business With Your Husband

[12:57] What Is Regenerative Medicine?

[16:13] Patients Over Profit

[20:12] The FDA Clearance Process

[25:16] Imposter Syndrome and Self-Belief

[33:19] Business Mistakes and Lessons

[40:33] Just Start

Key Takeaways:

• “You can make money and do the right thing simultaneously.” ~ Danielle Fette

• Getting fired became the catalyst for Danielle and her husband to build a company around the kind of patient-first care they believed in. ~ Danielle Fette

• “If you do something, it’s better than doing nothing.” ~ Danielle Fette

• “You just have to believe in something bigger than yourself and go for it. There’s never a right time.” ~ Danielle Fette

• People often wait for certainty before taking the next step, but there is always risk. ~ Evonne Varady

• “I believe I’m supposed to be in every room.” ~ Danielle Fette

• You do not have to be perfect at motherhood, leadership, marriage, or life. You can make mistakes, own them, and keep getting better. ~ Danielle Fette

• Moms and leaders do not have to feel guilty about building a better future for their families while also pursuing something meaningful for themselves. ~ Evonne Varady

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