Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66
Paul Tasner: Como me tornei um empresário aos 66 anos
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.
cerca de sete anos da minha vida.
in San Francisco,
em São Francisco —
that was already in progress.
que já estava a decorrer.
to be my exit interview.
para a minha saída da empresa.
juntamente com outros colegas.
at a nearby restaurant,
num restaurante ali perto,
de experiência profissional
pequenas e grandes,
large and small,
a good reputation --
uma boa reputação.
in manufacturing and packaging.
na área de fabrico e embalamento.
como para tantas pessoas,
durante os dois anos seguintes,
for the next couple of years
com o meio-ambiente.
biodegradable packaging from waste --
embalagens biodegradáveis para resíduos
até têxteis —
disposable plastic packaging
descartáveis e tóxicos
the billions of pounds
os milhares de milhões de libras
dumped each year
deitados fora todos os anos
our rivers and our oceans,
os nossos rios e oceanos,
generations to resolve --
para as gerações futuras resolverem
for the very first time.
um empresário.
criação de postos de empregos,
issues for a start-up,
para uma "start-up",
with some very young people
and intimidating.
desanimador e intimidativo.
than most of these people.
que muitos desses jovens!
que partilho convosco
todos os anos,
right from the beginning,
for the work that we've done.
pelo nosso trabalho.
conseguimos um pequeno progresso
causada pelo plástico.
and meaningful work of my life right now.
e com mais significado da minha vida.
available to entrepreneurs of all ages,
para empresários de todas as idades,
five years ago
há cinco anos
de "primeira viagem"
absolutamente nenhuns.
from Silicon Valley
de Silicon Valley
to do something about that.
sobre isso também.
entrepreneurs until they are seniors.
empresários quando são mais velhos.
men and women who are checking in
e as mulheres corajosos que estão a chegar
are checking out.
across industries, across regions,
das várias indústrias, das várias regiões,
Administration tells us
Empresas, dos EUA, diz
created in the private sector in the USA
criados no setor privado nos EUA
that we'll stay forever small?
que vamos ser pequenos para sempre?
when you reach a certain age,
atinge determinada idade,
or playing checkers,
a jogar golf ou damas,
all of the time.
a tempo inteiro.
in the global marketplace.
com significado no mercado global.
diz que, em 2050,
in this country.
as we have today.
first-time entrepreneurs there will be
de "primeira viagem" existirão
four decades of experience.
de experiência.
about these wonderful entrepreneurs,"
sobre estes fantásticos empresários",
of their much younger counterparts.
dos negócios dos mais novos.
have a 70 percent success rate
têm uma taxa de sucesso de 70%
of entrepreneurs --
do empreendedorismo!
for younger entrepreneurs.
quando falamos dos mais novos.
group called CMI.
por um grupo inglês chamado CMI.
por um empresário de 70 anos
of a 70-year-old entrepreneur
e merece ser tão noticiado
of a 30-year-old entrepreneur?
de 30 anos de idade?
"70 over 70" just as --
"70 acima dos 70"...
as the phrase "30 under 30."
"30 abaixo dos 30".
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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