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Recognition

Awards

  • 2021: Gold IPPY Award for Blaze Your Own Trail
  • 2020: Founders Live winner
  • 2018: Female Founders Alliance Unsung Hero Award
  • 2016: Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40
  • 2015: Inman News Top 101
  • 2015: Inman 33 People Who are Changing the Real Estate Industry

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

  • 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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