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1、TED英语演讲:66岁创业成功,如何做到paul tasner先生尽管年逾古稀,但他是一位敢于挑战传统束缚的人,他在66岁高龄时创业成功,像他这样有经验、有人脉、有实力的人,创业成功率远高于年轻的创业者。他的胆识的气魄能给社会做出的贡献也不亚于年轻人。下面是小编为大家收集关于ted英语演讲:66岁创业成功,如何做到,欢迎借鉴参考。66岁创业成功,如何做到?演讲者:paul tasnerid like to take you back about seven years in my life. friday afternoon, a few days before christmas 2022.
2、 i was the director of operations at a consumer products company in san francisco, and i was called into a meeting that was already in progress. that meeting turned out to be my exit interview. i was fired, along with several others.我想带你们回到我大约7年前的生活。那是2022年圣诞节前几天一个周五的下午,当时的我是旧金山 一家消费品公司的运营总监。我被叫进一个正
3、在进行的会议。我发现这场会议是我的离职面谈。和其他的几个人一样,我被解雇了。i was 64 years old at the time. it wasnt completely unexpected. i signed a stack of papers,gathered my personal effects, and left to join my wife who was waiting for me at a nearby restaurant,completely unaware. fast-forward several hours, we both got really sil
4、ly drunk.那时我64岁。这并不完全出乎我的意料。我签了一堆的文件,收拾了一下自己的东西,就去找我的妻子了,她在附近的一个小饭店里等我,但对此毫不知情。几个小时很快过去了,我们都喝得伶仃大醉。so, 40 plus years of continuous employment for a variety of companies, large and small, was over. i had a good a network, a good reputation - i thought id be just fine. i was an engineer in manufacturi
5、ng and packaging. i had a good background. retirement was, like for so many people, simply not an option for me.so i turned to consulting for the next couple of years without any passion whatsoever.就这样,40多年在各个公司间颠沛流离的职业生涯结束了。我拥有很好的朋友圈,人缘也不错我以为这没什么大不了的。我曾经是个工作于制造业和包装业的工程师。我有很好的从业背景,跟很多人一样,退休对我来说,也算不上
6、是一种选择。于是在接下来的几年中我一直做着咨询工作,却没有什么激情。and then an idea began to take root, born from my concern for our environment. i wanted to build my own business, designing and manufacturing biodegradable packaging from waste - paper, agricultural, even textile waste - replacing the toxic, disposable plastic packa
7、ging to which weve all become addicted.然而后来因为我对环境的关心,我产生了一个新的想法。我想要建立自己的公司,从废物中设计并生产 能进行生物降解的包装,用以废纸、作物,甚至是纺织废料为原料所制造的包装,取代那些人类越来越依赖的,有毒的一次性塑料包装。this is called clean technology, and it felt really meaningful to me. a venture that could help to reduce the billions of pounds of single-use plastic pack
8、aging dumped each year and polluting our land, our rivers and our oceans, and left for future generations to resolve - our grandchildren, my grandchildren.这被称作清洁技术。它对我而言意义非凡。这家公司每年能帮助减少数十亿磅污染我们的土地、河流和海洋的一次性塑料包装,它们也会给我们的子孙后代造成困扰 我们的孙辈,我的孙辈。and so now at the age of 66, with 40 years of experience, i b
9、ecame an entrepreneur for the very first time.thank you. but theres more.现在我66岁,有着40年的工作经验,第一次成为了一名企业家。谢谢。但不仅如此。lots of issues to deal with: manufacturing, outsourcing, job creation, patents, partnerships, funding - these are all typical issues for a start-up, but hardly typical for me. and a word a
10、bout funding. i live and work in san francisco. and if youre looking for funding, you are typically going to compete with some very young peoplefrom the high-tech industry, and it can be very discouraging and intimidating. i have shoes older than most of these people.很多事情有待解决: 生产,外包,招聘,专利,合伙人,资金 这些都
11、是创业者面临的典型问题,但对我而言并非如此。顺带说下资金。我在旧金山居住和工作。如果你要寻找资金,那你一般要与一些从事着高科技工作的年轻人竞争,这很令人丧气和胆怯。我穿的鞋年头都比 这些人年纪还要大。i do.确实如此。but five years later, im thrilled and proud to share with you that our revenues have doubled every year, we have no debt, we have several marquee clients, our patent was issued, i have a won
12、derful partner whos been with me right from the beginning, and weve won more than 20 awards for the work that weve done.but best of all, weve made a small dent - a very small dent - in the worldwide plastic pollution crisis.但五年过去了,我可以兴奋且自豪的告诉大家,我们的收入每年倍增,没有外债,还有一些重要的客户,专利申请也通过了。我有一个很棒的合伙人,他从最初就和我一起创
13、业,我们的工作已经获得了超过20个奖项。不过最好的是,我们缓解了 微不足道地缓解了 世界塑料污染危机。and i am doing the most rewarding and meaningful work of my life right now. i can tell you theres lots of resources available to entrepreneurs of all ages, but what i really yearned for five years ago was to find other first-time entrepreneurs who w
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