Rebekah Bastian'sresume is impressive. She worked for companies like Microsoft and Zillow and authored a book, Blaze Your Own Trail, which led to her starting her own company, OwnTrail. Despite positive traction with OwnTrail, Rebekah was met with a challenging feat of raising capital in order to continue to grow OwnTrail. Ultimately, the raise was unsuccessful and she turned to finding a company to acquire OwnTrail, which meant Rebekah would no longer serve as CEO. Rebekah shares vulnerability about that experience as well as all the “No’s” she experienced throughout her career.

About Rebekah Bastian

Rebekah Bastian is a product leader, entrepreneur, writer and artist. She is currently SVP of product at Glowforge, helping people make amazing creations with 3D laser printers. Prior to that she founded social timeline platform, OwnTrail, which was acquired by Teal, and spent 15 years at Zillow, with roles including VP of Product and VP of Community & Culture.

Rebekah wrote the award-winning book, Blaze Your Own Trail and is a Forbes contributor. She serves on the board of Bellwether Housing, founded the AuthenTech and The Time is DAO communities, and is an investor and advisor to technology startups. She has been recognized in the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, the Inman 33 People Changing the Real Estate Industry and the Female Founders Alliance Champion Awards. Rebekah earned her Masters of Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley and Bachelors of Mechanical Engineering from the University of Washington.

You can view Rebekah Bastian’s Own Trail here.

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