Serial Entrepreneur in Social Innovation & Systems Change
Astrid Scholz Biography
Dr. Astrid J. Scholz is co-founder and CFO/COO of Armillaria, a tech-for-good company that creates digital infrastructure for more effectively and equitably mobilizing data, people, and capital towards addressing the most urgent challenges of our time. Integrating contemporary innovations in technology, finance, and law, Armillaria is focused on the development of incentives and mechanisms for achieving coordination at universal scale.
Dr. Scholz is also a co-founder and board member of Zebras Unite, a global movement for and by founders and investors who are building the businesses that are better for the world. Dr. Scholz was previously President of Ecotrust, a conservation-based development organization with more than $300M in assets under management. She holds degrees from the Universities of St. Andrews, Bristol, and California at Berkeley, and serves on the boards of Living Oceans Society, Habitat Media, and the nonprofit arm of Zebras Unite.
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Astrid Scholz Speaking Topics
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Zebras vs Unicorns: Money, Power and Responsible Technology
Capitalism is a hell of a drug. When used responsibly, it can create freedom, innovation and efficiency. But unchecked, hoarding, exploitation, and toxic side effects can run rampant. Silicon Valley’s way of doing business has set the tone for the last few decades, with venture capital and “unicorns” creating the dominant narrative about startups. It’s not greed and growth at all costs… it’s just business. Right? Wrong. We’re entering a new age, one where entrepreneurs want to create solutions to improve the human experience and quality of life without playing a zero-sum game. The age of the zebra. In this talk, Astrid will explain why and how purpose and profit are not mutually exclusive, why creating alternatives to venture capital financing for the businesses we need is a moral and economic imperative, and how innovation in business governance and practices can help us solve the world’s big challenges.
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Beyond DEI: Building the Anti-Oppressive Businesses of the Future Or: How I learned to be an ally in practice.
End stage capitalism is bad for the health and wealth of most people working in it, and recent events in the US and elsewhere have prompted a reckoning and examination of “business as usual” and its various -isms that perpetuate systemic injustice and harm on anyone who is not a white, cis-gendered male. But so many DEI efforts just amount to tokenism and unfunded mandates. In her 20+ year leadership experience in a variety of corporate settings Astrid has learned to wield her relative privilege and point of view of a first generation immigrant to the United States to actively decolonize a large nonprofit organization; help invent the distributed, democratic, multicultural governance system of Zebras Unite; and formulate trauma-informed principles for creating new financial products and practices of the Inclusive Capital Collective. In this talk, we’ll get practical and tactical about using your positional influence and white privilege to transform your institution from the inside out.
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Astrid Scholz is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Zebras vs Unicorns: Money, Power and Responsible Technology, Beyond DEI: Building the Anti-Oppressive Businesses of the Future Or: How I learned to be an ally in practice. , We Can’t Build the Future We Want with the Systems We Have and Alternatives to Venture Capital. The estimated speaking fee range to book Astrid Scholz for your event is $10,000 - $20,000. Astrid Scholz generally travels from Portland, OR, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Candice Matthews Brackeen, Nidhi Chadda, Zach Piester, Mitch Brooks and Tonya M. Evans. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Astrid Scholz for an upcoming live or virtual event.
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