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BALANCING THE GRIND WITH ANTHONY LIVERIS, CEO OF PROTO AXIOM

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March 6, 2023
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Anthony Liveris is the CEO of Proto Axiom, Australia’s pre-eminent biotech
incubator on a mission to bring world class pre-clinical and discovery expertise
on shore.

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LET’S START WITH YOUR BACKGROUND! CAN YOU SHARE WITH US YOUR CAREER JOURNEY AND
WHAT YOU’RE CURRENTLY UP TO?

I’ve always been drawn to the intersection of public policy, health and
technology. While completing studies at the University of Pennsylvania, I
co-found Applecart, which is now one of the leading data analytics companies in
U.S. politics. From our dorm rooms pulling all-nighters and eating countless
Dominoes, we built an amazing firm doing really powerful work all across the
U.S.

I stepped back from management in my mid-20’s. Shortly after, I was lucky enough
to work for a variety of impact-driven, civically-oriented game changers, such
as Tony Blair’s Africa Governance Initiative, then Minister for Communications
Malcolm Turnbull, as well as briefly for Andrew Forrest’s Fortescue Future
Initiative.

After completing my masters at the University of Oxford, I returned home to
Australia. As COVID was upending the world as we knew it, I was surprised to
learn about the discrepancy between our incredible productivity in creating
world-class biotech IP and our relatively poor performance in commercialising
research. We started to build Proto Axiom.


WE’D LOVE TO KNOW WHAT A TYPICAL DAY IS LIKE FOR YOU. COULD YOU DESCRIBE A
RECENT WORKDAY?

Proto Axiom (Proto) a genuine biotech incubator. We acquire biotechnology IP out
of Australian universities, working with the country’s best scientists, develop
the program internally, and ultimately, bridge the financing gap to
institutional capital. This is much more hands-on than traditional venture
capital (the word “incubation” is used quite liberally these days).



We’ve recently raised $15M from a rockstar investor base. This scale-up phase of
business is incredibly demanding, and predictably, requires all of us to fill
roles beyond the job description.

Given our investor base, I’m up early with calls starting at 7am (I’m actually
writing this semi-deliriously after a 3 day trip to NYC and Arizona). Assuming
I’m in Sydney – I sneak onto the train at 8:30, sip my coffee and jam the latest
episode of The Intelligence from The Economist, getting into the office by 9. I
try to reserve team check-ins to Tuesday mornings, encouraging incidental
check-ins to flow upward. This usually frees up my mornings for catching up on
desk work and client meetings.

If I’m lucky, I break up the day with some form of exercise, and then I’m
normally out of the office in the afternoon for meetings or industry
conferences. Most evenings have some sort of event on.


CAN YOU DEFINE WORK-LIFE BALANCE FOR YOURSELF AND SHARE WITH US YOUR APPROACH IN
MAINTAINING IT?

Work/life integration is forever a pursuit, made easier for me by business
partner selection. I do my best to work with friends and like-minded colleagues,
and it’s been a privilege to grow together.

I’ve also started taking up sports that have a lower-skill barrier to entry so
that more friends can join, helping check-off both a healthy activity and social
time. Pickleball is awesome 🙂 

It really helps that my fiance is a high-achiever. We end a lot of days
reflecting on our highs and lows over a few games of backgammon. 

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CHANGE IS CONSTANT, AND IT’S ESSENTIAL FOR GROWTH. HAVE YOU MADE ANY LIFESTYLE
CHANGES IN THE PAST YEAR TO IMPROVE YOUR WORK-LIFE BALANCE?

I’ve lived an incredibly transient life, fortunate through travel and work to
explore different cultures and settings. For me, the largest optimisation has
been through consciously investing in a community to make it home.


WE’RE ALWAYS ON THE LOOKOUT FOR NEW RESOURCES! CAN YOU RECOMMEND ANY BOOKS,
PODCASTS, OR NEWSLETTERS THAT HAVE HELPED YOU IN YOUR JOURNEY TOWARDS BALANCE?

Out of the mainstream, I recently finished Powers and Thrones: A New History of
the Middle Ages by Dan Jones. Dan is a brilliant historian who captures
narratives on personal and political progress into succinct and applicable
lessons. For me, reminders about the brutality of our past help frame how lucky
we are today!

More traditionally, the FT, Economist, The Journal, BBC are mainstays for
current affairs. Masters of Scale, How I Built This, and This Week in Startups
for the VC world. How to Take Over the World by Benjamin Wilson if I am looking
for a compelling historical biography. 


BEFORE WE WRAP UP, DO YOU HAVE ANY FINAL WORDS OF WISDOM OR INSIGHTS ON WORK,
LIFE, OR BALANCE THAT YOU’D LIKE TO SHARE WITH OUR READERS?

Progress is seldom linear! We only connect the dots looking backwards.



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About Author

HAO

Hey there! I'm Hao, the Editor-in-Chief at Balance the Grind. We’re on a mission
to showcase healthy work-life balance through interesting stories from people
all over the world, in different careers and lifestyles.



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