Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66
Paul Tasner: Cómo me convertí en emprendedor a los 66 años
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.
en el tiempo 7 años atrás.
in San Francisco,
de consumo en San Francisco,
that was already in progress.
que ya había empezado.
to be my exit interview.
mi entrevista de salida.
at a nearby restaurant,
en un restaurante cerca de ahí,
large and small,
a good reputation --
una buena reputación...
in manufacturing and packaging.
for the next couple of years
durante el siguiente par de años,
por nuestro ambiente.
biodegradable packaging from waste --
embalajes biodegradables,
e incluso textiles,
disposable plastic packaging
envases de plástico desechables
the billions of pounds
los miles de millones de kilos
dumped each year
que se tiran cada año
our rivers and our oceans,
los ríos y océanos,
generations to resolve --
lo resuelvan las futuras generaciones...
for the very first time.
por primera vez.
creación de empleos,
issues for a start-up,
los nuevos emprendimientos,
with some very young people
contra gente muy joven
and intimidating.
muy desalentador e intimidante.
than most of these people.
que la mayoría de esas personas.
se han duplicado cada año,
right from the beginning,
desde el principio,
for the work that we've done.
por el trabajo que hemos hecho.
contaminación debido al plástico.
and meaningful work of my life right now.
y significativo de mi vida.
available to entrepreneurs of all ages,
emprendedores de todas las edades,
five years ago
hace cinco años
absolutamente a nadie.
from Silicon Valley
veinteañero de Silicon Valley
to do something about that.
entrepreneurs until they are seniors.
hasta ser mayores.
men and women who are checking in
hombres y mujeres que entran
are checking out.
across industries, across regions,
de varias industrias y regiones,
Administration tells us
Pequeños Negocios dice
created in the private sector in the USA
creados en el sector privado de EE.UU.
negocios como el mío.
that we'll stay forever small?
siendo pequeños para siempre?
when you reach a certain age,
alcanzada una cierta edad,
or playing checkers,
o a jugar damas,
all of the time.
in the global marketplace.
en el mercado mundial.
dice que para 2050,
in this country.
mayores en este país.
as we have today.
first-time entrepreneurs there will be
nuevos habrá
four decades of experience.
de experiencia.
about these wonderful entrepreneurs,"
de estos maravillosos emprendedores",
of their much younger counterparts.
de sus contrapartes mucho más jóvenes.
have a 70 percent success rate
tienen una tasa de éxito del 70 %
of entrepreneurs --
for younger entrepreneurs.
para emprendedores más jóvenes.
group called CMI.
de Reino Unido llamado CMI.
of a 70-year-old entrepreneur
de un emprendedor de 70 años
of a 30-year-old entrepreneur?
de un emprendedor de 30 años?
"70 over 70" just as --
los "70 y de más de 70" para que...
as the phrase "30 under 30."
la frase, los "30 y de menos de 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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