Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66
ポール・トラズナー: 私が66歳で起業したわけ
TED Resident Paul Tasner is the co-founder and CEO of PulpWorks, Inc., designers and manufacturers of biodegradable packaging for consumer goods. Full bio
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about seven years in my life.
振り返ってみたいと思います
金曜日の午後
in San Francisco,
働いていており
that was already in progress.
呼び出されました
to be my exit interview.
退職者面接だったのですが
私は 解雇されました
at a nearby restaurant,
茫然自失の状態で
酔っ払いになっていました
大小様々な会社で
large and small,
a good reputation --
名声があるので
in manufacturing and packaging.
エンジニアとしての
私にとって 引退することは
ありませんでした
for the next couple of years
コンサルティングなどしていましたが
生まれませんでした
根を下ろし始めたのです
biodegradable packaging from waste --
繊維くずといった廃棄物から
設計製造して
disposable plastic packaging
有害な使い捨てのプラスティック包装を
the billions of pounds
プラスティック包装を
dumped each year
構想です
our rivers and our oceans,
土壌、河川、海洋を汚染し
generations to resolve --
背負わせています
for the very first time.
issues for a start-up,
新規事業に付き物の課題ですが
働いています
with some very young people
とても若い人たちと
and intimidating.
怖気づきます
than most of these people.
持っているというのに
自信をもってお伝えするのは
なっていることです
right from the beginning,
恵まれています
for the work that we've done.
受賞しました
影響を残せたのです
and meaningful work of my life right now.
感じる仕事をしています
available to entrepreneurs of all ages,
リソースがあると お伝えできるのですが
five years ago
1人もいなかったのです
from Silicon Valley
アプリ開発者は
to do something about that.
entrepreneurs until they are seniors.
もっと話してもらいたいのです
men and women who are checking in
仕事を辞めていく時
are checking out.
人たちことを話すのです
across industries, across regions,
そういうすべての人々と
Administration tells us
created in the private sector in the USA
新規雇用の64%は
that we'll stay forever small?
言ってません
面白い文化がありまして
when you reach a certain age,
or playing checkers,
all of the time.
思われているのです
in the global marketplace.
好きなのです
2050年までに
in this country.
8400万人になるとのことです
as we have today.
first-time entrepreneurs there will be
初めて起業する人が
four decades of experience.
職業経験があるのですから
about these wonderful entrepreneurs,"
もっと話そう」というのは
取り上げるように
of their much younger counterparts.
話しましょうという意味です
have a 70 percent success rate
新しい事業に取り組んで7割が
of entrepreneurs --
ウォーリアーのようです
for younger entrepreneurs.
28%にまで落ち込みます
group called CMI.
CMIによる数字です
of a 70-year-old entrepreneur
of a 30-year-old entrepreneur?
価値がありませんか?
"70 over 70" just as --
という言葉を当たり前にして
as the phrase "30 under 30."
同じようにしたいのです
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Tasner - EntrepreneurTED Resident Paul Tasner is the co-founder and CEO of PulpWorks, Inc., designers and manufacturers of biodegradable packaging for consumer goods.
Why you should listen
PulpWorks, Inc. is the capstone in a 40-year career in supply chain management for Paul Tasner. He held leadership positions in procurement, manufacturing and logistics in ventures ranging from start-up to Fortune 100. Included among them are: The Clorox Company, California Closet Company, Method Products, Hepagen, OM2 and the Reclipse Group.
In 2008, Tasner founded and continues to lead the San Francisco Bay Area Green Supply Chain Forum -- the first such assembly of supply chain executives anywhere. He has authored many papers and presentations on supply chain sustainability and currently lectures on this timely topic in the MBA Programs at San Francisco State University and Golden Gate University.
Tasner is an Industrial Engineering graduate of the New Jersey Institute of Technology and holds a PhD in Mathematics from Boston University.
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