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Axion Internetgetting a taste for startups

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Patrick Audley
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49.276975-123.132298Old Axion Offices951 Pacific St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadahttp://blackcat.ca/work/axionSmall Earth Icon
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2005-10-07
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Axion Internetgetting a taste for startups1996-04-051997-06-0149.276975-123.132298Old Axion Offices951 Pacific St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadahttp://blackcat.ca/work/axionSmall Earth Icon

Axion was my first real job and I love it. I was a chance to grow into a management position and run some slick hardware at a scale that was unavailable to me before. I really enjoyed working with Tom Lavin and the rest of the crew and honestly couldn’t have asked for a better introduction to startups.

Here I learned so many of my formative career lessons (including my not-so-fun introduction to VC takeovers *lol*). This was a very fun time in my life and I’ll always cherish these days for their youthful excitement and the deep feeling that I can accomplish anything that I carry with me today.

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Posted on:October 7th, 2005underlifelines, work.

Work: GT - TD Towera ghoulish side of GT

Author
Patrick Audley
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49.283106-123.118383TD Tower700 W Georgia St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaV7Y 1A2Small Earth Icon
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2001-10-31
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Work: GT - TD Towera ghoulish side of GT2001-10-3149.283106-123.118383TD Tower700 W Georgia St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaV7Y 1A2Small Earth Icon

Shortly after we moved into the TD Tower (we took two floors in a rather nice office tower just a few blocks from our old office) we had what was, and still is, my most Halloween-ish Halloween at work. Usually you only get the occasionally really keen marketing person…

This was a very cohesive and fun time for myself and, I think, the rest of the staff at GT. The company was expanding rapidly in spite of the small series of setbacks. Those setbacks made it feel more real and only enhanced morale more. This was also a frantic period of growth and saw my own small department balloon to 6 people; that’s huge for a PKI group!

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Posted on:October 31st, 2001underlifelines, work.

Work: GT - 840 Howe Streetfrom 13 to 55 staff

Author
Patrick Audley
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49.28172-123.119878840 Howe St.840 Howe St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaSmall Earth Icon
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1999-09-01
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Work: GT - 840 Howe Streetfrom 13 to 55 staff1999-09-0149.28172-123.119878840 Howe St.840 Howe St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaSmall Earth Icon

This was the next phase in GT’s evolution; a major staff increase. After the move we jumped from 30 employees to around 60. Some of what would become close friends joined while GT was here: Pam, Erin, Jason, Laura.

This was also where GT has it’s first major staff cut. We lost 25 people that Christmas when Bob Wolfe started as CEO. It was tough but it also crystallized the company and led to a very productive quarter.

Brian started here around this time as well in what was to be our second job together. I really enjoyed this year at GT and I was able to stretch and be challenged quite a bit as I had a chance to do many jobs relating to getting the new PKI department developed.

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Posted on:September 1st, 1999underlifelines, work.

Work: GT - At the IBM Tower

Author
Patrick Audley
Location
49.281076-123.117042IBM Tower701 W Georgia St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaV7Y 1A0Small Earth Icon
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1997-00-00
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Work: GT - At the IBM Tower1997-01-0149.281076-123.117042IBM Tower701 W Georgia St.VancouverBCCA-BCCanadaV7Y 1A0Small Earth Icon

After the wild tribulations of Axion, this was a welcome change. Though it was another startup, it was also a smaller, more vibrant and infinitely more focused. GT was going somewhere, there was a plan and everyone was pulling together to make it happen. I really enjoyed working with all the people at the IBM Tower and we had a blast.

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Posted on:November 30th, 1996underlifelines, work.

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