Awards
Press Mentions
Highlights
- 10/12/22: Seattle entrepreneur turns investor rejection letters into NFTs, GeekWire
- 9/16/22: OwnTrail Helps People Navigate Life Through Social Connections, Built In Seattle
- 5/5/22: I left my $275,000 job as a VP at Zillow to become a startup founder, Business Insider
- 12/21/21: Meet Rebekah Bastian | CEO and co-founder of OwnTrail, Shoutout Miami
- 6/26/21: Do tech mafias need a modern refresh? TechCrunch
- 2/1/21: Former Zillow exec raises preseed round for mentoring, networking platform, Puget Sound Business Journal
- 1/13/21: Seattle startup CEO coins ‘authentech’ to capture an emerging community-focused business model, GeekWire
- 8/4/20: Life-and-career path platform OwnTrail raises $250K, builds ‘work from garage’ office space, GeekWire
- 7/27/20: Rebekah Bastian: “Write because you love to write, not just for the end result.”, Thrive Global
- 7/2/20: Company Spotlight: OwnTrail, Product By Women
- 3/18/20: Inspiring Advice from 10 Empowering Women on How to Be Fearless & Follow Your Dreams, Inspirations & Celebrations
- 3/16/20: Zillow’s Rebekah Bastian launches startup centered on women mentorship, Puget Sound Business Journal
- 2/11/20: Longtime Zillow exec Rebekah Bastian reveals new platform to help women blaze their own trails, GeekWire
- 2/10/20: BLAZE YOUR OWN TRAIL BY REBEKAH BASTIAN, Hollywood Digest
- 10/19/18: How to Pivot to a New Tech Career, TechRepublic
- 12/15/17: Working Geek: Zillow VP Rebekah Bastian uses aerial acrobatics to help balance kids and career with social-issue focus, GeekWire
- 6/17: Off the Clock Profile #8: Rebekah Bastian, Seattle Business Magazine
- 3/17/17: Welcome to Seattle, tech workers: Zillow VP offers advice on how to make a positive impact in the city, Geekwire
- 10/13/16: Why These Two Working Moms Won’t Compromise On Pursuing Their Creative Side Gigs, Fast Company
All Mentions
- 4/18/23: Founder Spotlight: Rebekah Bastian, CEO and Co-Founder, OwnTrail, New Tech NW
- 10/18/22: How and Why Entrepreneur Rebekah Bastian Uses NFTs to Monetize Investor Rejection Letters, CryptoFlies
- 9/29/22: The Non-Obvious Emerging LP Playbook, Cup of Zhou
- 8/26/22: $350 million for WeWork co-founder shows how broken and biased venture capital is, NPR
- 6/23/21: What can a startup do with $10M? Puget Sound Business Journal
- 6/7/21: The Entrepreneurial Spirit Doesn’t Sleep, Puget Sound Business Journal
- 3/8/21: Women Making History, Stagger
- 2/15/21: An Interview with Rebekah Bastian, CEO of OwnTrail, Suttida Yang
- 9/11/20: How Ulysses Helped Executive, Startup Founder and Author Rebekah Bastian Write Her Book, Ulysses Blog
- 5/7/20: Inspire: Entrepreneur & Embroidery Enthusiast Rebekah Bastian, Women in Movement
- 3/26/20: 5 Things You Need to Know to Become a Great Author, With Rebekah Bastian, Authority Magazine
- 2/21/20: Zillow’s VP of Community & Culture Rebekah Bastian on promoting equity and belonging in the workplace, Qualtrics
- 2/11/20: Books to Watch, Porchlight Books
- 2/7/20: Rebekah Bastian’s Blaze Your Own Trail: An Interactive Guide to Navigating Life with Confidence, Solidarity, and Compassion, NeuFutur Magazine
- 2/6/20: Rebekah Bastian releases Blaze Your Own Trail, MobAngeles
- 2/6/20: Rebekah Bastian’s Blaze Your Own Trail, IMAAI
- 2/5/20: Microsoft Alumni Network Author Spotlight
- 2/3/20: Zillow works with Durkan’s Innovation Advisory Council on new product for renters, Puget Sound Business Journal
- 1/30/20: What’s a happy ending anyway?, Chairman Mom
- 4//9/19: Seattle’s biggest tech companies unveil 7 city projects built by controversial Innovation Council, Geekwire
- 4/2/19: Refusing To Wait 100 Years: Corporate America Working On The Gender Pay Gap, Forbes
- 3/27/19: Beyond Diversity: How Firms Are Cultivating a Sense of Belonging, Knowledge@Wharton
- 11/29/18: How To Stay Strong Throughout Your STEM Career, Forbes
- 11/21/18: Leadership Support Drives the Success of Companywide Diversity and Inclusion Efforts, Forbes
- 10/30/18: These Tech Companies Are Leading the Change Needed for Closing the Gender Gap, Fortune
- 9/20/18: Can tech fix Seattle? Facebook, Twitter and others join new innovation council amid debate over group’s role, Geekwire
- 9/16: If I knew Then, Crain’s Seattle
- 6/29/16: #SeaHomeless: Finding affordable, innovative ways to harness technology to combat homelessness, Geekwire
- 5/20/16: Tech companies are the next generation of big donors, Puget Sound Business Journal
- 4/22/16: How Zillow and other Seattle-area tech ventures are tackling homelessness and housing issues, Geekwire
- 2/4/16: Seattle-based company helps renters with barriers, King5
- 12/16/14: Rebekah Bastian: ‘I want to make sure great agents get all the business’, Inman News
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