12:11Rachel Katz | Director of Social Innovation at Angel Hack
From My First Million · Published Jul 6, 2017 · Watch on YouTube
TL;DR
Rachel Katz, Director of Social Innovation at Angel Hack, describes her journey from a “quitter” who tried and abandoned many activities to discovering her passion through organizing hackathons for social impact. She led the “Lady Problems” hackathon series to increase female attendance, achieving a 40% overall increase and 83 women participants in Gaza.
Key insights
- The speaker considered herself a quitter who tried many things (piano, guitar, soccer, swimming, xylophone, selling shoes, social media marketing) and quit everything until age 26.
- She stumbled into her passion while working as a philanthropy consultant; after helping organize the Gucci‑founded “Chime for Change” hackathon, she was “totally hooked” and sobbed at the end because
- Hackathons felt more impactful than traditional philanthropy, which took months or years to show results despite millions of dollars.
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