ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Tasner - Entrepreneur
TED 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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Paul Tasner: How I became an entrepreneur at 66

Paul Tasner: Como me tornei empresário aos 66 anos

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Nunca é tarde demais para se reinventar. Acredite em Paul Tasner: depois de trabalhar continuamente para outras pessoas por 40 anos, ele fundou sua própria start-up aos 66 anos, combinando sua ideia de um negócio com sua experiência e paixão. E ele não está sozinho. Conforme ele compartilha nessa palestra curta, engraçada e inspiradora, os idosos estão cada vez mais indulgentes com seus instintos empresariais - e obtendo um grande sucesso.
- Entrepreneur
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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I'd like to take you back
about seven years in my life.
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Gostaria de levar vocês comigo
uns sete anos atrás na minha vida.
00:16
Friday afternoon,
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Sexta à tarde,
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a few days before Christmas 2009.
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alguns dias antes do Natal de 2009.
00:20
I was the director of operations
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Eu era o diretor de operações
00:22
at a consumer products company
in San Francisco,
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de uma empresa de produtos
de consumo, em São Francisco,
00:25
and I was called into a meeting
that was already in progress.
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e fui convocado para uma reunião
que já estava em andamento.
00:29
That meeting turned out
to be my exit interview.
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Aquela reunião acabou sendo
minha entrevista de saída.
00:32
I was fired, along with several others.
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Fui demitido, juntamente
com vários outros.
00:36
I was 64 years old at the time.
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Eu tinha 64 anos na época.
00:40
It wasn't completely unexpected.
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Não foi totalmente inesperado.
00:42
I signed a stack of papers,
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Assinei uma pilha de papéis,
00:44
gathered my personal effects,
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juntei meus objetos pessoais,
00:46
and left to join my wife
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e fui me encontrar com a minha esposa
00:48
who was waiting for me
at a nearby restaurant,
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que me aguardava num restaurante próximo,
00:50
completely unaware.
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sem saber de nada.
00:53
Fast-forward several hours,
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Depois de várias horas,
00:55
we both got really silly drunk.
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nós dois ficamos bem bêbados.
00:57
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
01:00
So, 40 plus years of continuous employment
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Então, mais de 40 anos
de trabalho contínuo
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for a variety of companies,
large and small,
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para uma variedade de empresas,
grandes e pequenas, acabavam ali.
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was over.
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I had a good a network,
a good reputation --
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Eu tinha bons contatos, uma boa reputação,
01:12
I thought I'd be just fine.
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achei que ficaria bem.
01:14
I was an engineer
in manufacturing and packaging.
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Era engenheiro de fabricação e embalagem.
01:19
I had a good background.
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Tinha boa experiência.
01:21
Retirement was, like for so many people,
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A aposentadoria não era,
como para tantas pessoas,
01:24
simply not an option for me.
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uma opção pra mim.
01:26
So I turned to consulting
for the next couple of years
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Então, passei a dar consultoria
nos dois anos seguintes
01:29
without any passion whatsoever.
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sem qualquer paixão.
01:31
And then an idea began to take root,
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Então uma ideia começou a tomar forma,
01:35
born from my concern for our environment.
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nascida da minha preocupação
com o nosso meio ambiente.
01:39
I wanted to build my own business,
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Eu queria construir meu próprio negócio,
01:42
designing and manufacturing
biodegradable packaging from waste --
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conceber e fabricar embalagens
biodegradáveis provenientes de resíduos:
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paper, agricultural, even textile waste --
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papel, agricultura,
até mesmo resíduos têxteis,
01:50
replacing the toxic,
disposable plastic packaging
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substituindo embalagens plásticas
tóxicas e descartáveis,
01:54
to which we've all become addicted.
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às quais todos nos tornamos viciados.
01:56
This is called clean technology,
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Isso é chamado de tecnologia limpa,
e pareceu bem significativo pra mim.
01:58
and it felt really meaningful to me.
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02:01
A venture that could help to reduce
the billions of pounds
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Um empreendimento que poderia
ajudar a reduzir os bilhões de quilos
02:05
of single-use plastic packaging
dumped each year
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de embalagens plásticas de uso único
despejadas a cada ano
02:09
and polluting our land,
our rivers and our oceans,
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poluindo nossas terras,
nossos rios e nossos oceanos,
02:12
and left for future
generations to resolve --
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deixadas pra gerações futuras resolverem,
02:15
our grandchildren,
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nossos netos,
02:17
my grandchildren.
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meus netos.
02:19
And so now at the age of 66,
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E agora, aos 66 anos,
02:22
with 40 years of experience,
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com 40 anos de experiência,
02:24
I became an entrepreneur
for the very first time.
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me tornei empreendedor pela primeira vez.
02:27
(Cheers)
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(Vivas)
02:28
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
02:31
Thank you.
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Obrigado.
Mas tem mais.
02:34
But there's more.
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02:35
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
02:39
Lots of issues to deal with:
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Muitas questões pra serem tratadas:
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manufacturing, outsourcing, job creation,
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fabricação, terceirização,
criação de emprego,
02:46
patents, partnerships, funding --
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patentes, parcerias, financiamento...
02:50
these are all typical
issues for a start-up,
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todos problemas típicos de uma start-up,
mas nada típicos pra mim.
02:52
but hardly typical for me.
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02:55
And a word about funding.
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E uma palavra sobre o financiamento.
02:57
I live and work in San Francisco.
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Eu vivo e trabalho em São Francisco.
02:59
And if you're looking for funding,
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Se você está procurando financiamento,
03:01
you are typically going to compete
with some very young people
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normalmente vai competir
com pessoas muito jovens
03:05
from the high-tech industry,
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da indústria de alta tecnologia,
03:07
and it can be very discouraging
and intimidating.
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e pode ser muito desanimador e assustador.
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I have shoes older
than most of these people.
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Tenho sapatos mais velhos
do que muitas dessas pessoas.
03:13
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
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I do.
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Eu tenho!
03:20
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
03:21
But five years later,
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Mas cinco anos depois,
03:23
I'm thrilled and proud to share with you
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estou muito feliz e orgulhoso
de compartilhar com vocês
03:26
that our revenues have doubled every year,
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que nossos lucros dobraram todos os anos,
03:29
we have no debt,
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não temos dívidas,
03:31
we have several marquee clients,
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temos vários clientes importantes,
nossa patente foi emitida,
03:33
our patent was issued,
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03:35
I have a wonderful partner
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tenho um parceiro maravilhoso
comigo desde o início,
03:36
who's been with me
right from the beginning,
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03:38
and we've won more than 20 awards
for the work that we've done.
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e ganhamos mais de 20 prêmios
pelo trabalho que temos feito.
03:41
But best of all,
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Mas o melhor de tudo
é que fizemos uma pequena redução,
03:43
we've made a small dent --
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03:44
a very small dent --
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bem pequena, na crise mundial
da poluição plástica.
03:46
in the worldwide plastic pollution crisis.
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03:50
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
03:55
And I am doing the most rewarding
and meaningful work of my life right now.
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E agora faço o trabalho mais gratificante
e significativo da minha vida.
04:02
I can tell you there's lots of resources
available to entrepreneurs of all ages,
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Posso dizer que há recursos disponíveis
pra empresários de todas as idades,
04:07
but what I really yearned for
five years ago
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mas o que eu realmente
ansiava cinco anos atrás
04:10
was to find other first-time entrepreneurs
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era encontrar outros empresários
de primeira viagem com a minha idade.
04:13
who were my age.
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04:14
I wanted to connect with them.
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Queria me conectar com eles.
04:17
I had no role models, absolutely none.
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Eu não tinha nenhum modelo a seguir.
04:20
That 20-something app developer
from Silicon Valley
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O jovenzinho desenvolvedor de aplicativos
do Vale do Silício não era meu modelo.
04:23
was not my role model.
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(Risos)
04:25
(Laughter)
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I'm sure he was very clever --
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Era certamente bem inteligente...
04:27
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
04:29
I want to do something about that,
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Eu quero fazer algo sobre isso,
e que todos nós façamos,
04:30
and I want all of us
to do something about that.
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que comecemos a falar mais
04:33
I want us to start talking more
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04:34
about people who don't become
entrepreneurs until they are seniors.
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sobre pessoas que não se tornam
empresários até ficarem idosos.
04:39
Talking about these bold
men and women who are checking in
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Falar sobre homens e mulheres
confiantes que estão chegando
04:42
when their peers, in essence,
are checking out.
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quando seus colegas,
na verdade, estão partindo.
04:45
And then connecting all these people
across industries, across regions,
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E, depois, conectar todas essas pessoas
em todas as indústrias, regiões e países
04:49
across countries --
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construindo uma comunidade.
04:51
building a community.
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04:52
You know, the Small Business
Administration tells us
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A Small Business Administration nos diz
04:55
that 64 percent of new jobs
created in the private sector in the USA
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que 64% dos novos empregos
criados no setor privado nos EUA
05:00
are thanks to small businesses like mine.
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são graças a pequenos negócios como o meu.
05:03
And who's to say
that we'll stay forever small?
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E quem disse que ficaremos
pequenos para sempre?
05:06
We have an interesting culture
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Temos uma cultura interessante
05:08
that really expects
when you reach a certain age,
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que espera que quando
se atinge uma certa idade,
05:10
you're going to be golfing,
or playing checkers,
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você vai jogar golfe ou damas,
ou ser babá dos netos o tempo todo.
05:12
or babysitting the grandkids
all of the time.
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05:15
And I adore my grandchildren --
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E adoro meus netos...
05:18
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
05:20
and I'm also passionate
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e também sou apaixonado
05:22
about doing something meaningful
in the global marketplace.
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por fazer algo significativo
no mercado global.
05:27
And I'm going to have lots of company.
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E vou ter muita companhia.
05:29
The Census Bureau says that by 2050,
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O Departamento do Censo diz que até 2050,
haverá 84 milhões de idosos neste país.
05:31
there will be 84 million seniors
in this country.
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05:35
That's an amazing number.
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É um número incrível,
quase o dobro do que temos hoje.
05:37
That's almost twice as many
as we have today.
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05:40
Can you imagine how many
first-time entrepreneurs there will be
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Podem imaginar quantos empresários
de primeira viagem teremos
05:43
among 84 million people?
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entre 84 milhões de pessoas?
05:46
And they'll all have
four decades of experience.
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E todos com quatro décadas de experiência.
05:48
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
05:50
So when I say, "Let's start talking more
about these wonderful entrepreneurs,"
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Assim, quando digo: "Falemos mais
sobre esses maravilhosos empresários",
05:55
I mean, let's talk about their ventures,
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quero dizer, vamos falar
sobre seus empreendimentos,
05:59
just as we do the ventures
of their much younger counterparts.
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assim como falamos dos empreendimentos
de seus colegas mais jovens.
06:03
The older entrepreneurs in this country
have a 70 percent success rate
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Os empresários mais velhos neste país
alcançam uma taxa de sucesso de 70%
06:09
starting new ventures.
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iniciando novos empreendimentos.
06:10
70 percent success rate.
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Taxa de sucesso de 70%.
06:13
We're like the Golden State Warriors
of entrepreneurs --
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Somos os Golden State Warriors
dos empresários
06:16
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
06:17
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
06:20
And that number plummets to 28 percent
for younger entrepreneurs.
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E esse número cai para 28%
para empreendedores mais jovens.
06:25
This is according to a UK-based
group called CMI.
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Isto de acordo com o grupo
britânico chamado CMI.
06:29
Aren't the accomplishments
of a 70-year-old entrepreneur
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As realizações de um empreendedor
de 70 anos não são tão significativas,
06:31
every bit as meaningful,
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06:33
every bit as newsworthy,
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tão notáveis quanto as realizações
de um empreendedor de 30 anos?
06:34
as the accomplishments
of a 30-year-old entrepreneur?
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06:38
Of course they are.
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Claro que são!
06:39
That's why I'd like to make the phrase
"70 over 70" just as --
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É por isso que eu gostaria de criar
a frase "70 sobre 70", assim como...
06:44
(Laughter)
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(Risos)
06:45
just as commonplace
as the phrase "30 under 30."
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é tão comum quanto
a frase "30 abaixo de 30".
06:49
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
06:50
Thank you.
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Obrigado.
06:51
(Cheers)
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(Vivas)
06:52
(Applause)
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(Aplausos)
Translated by Maricene Crus
Reviewed by Denise Pelusch

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Paul Tasner - Entrepreneur
TED 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.  

More profile about the speaker
Paul Tasner | Speaker | TED.com

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