Levels advisor and author of Lifespan, David Sinclair, sat down with Levels Chief Medical Officer, Casey Means, Head of Growth, Ben Grynol and Head of Research & Development, Taylor Sittler, during our Levels Book Club on December 16, 2021 to take questions from our team and our members. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healths...
Jan 03, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep 58•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels, sat down with Darren Murph, Head of Remote at GitLab Inc. to discuss their take on building and scaling remote teams. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle cho...
Dec 30, 2021•58 min•Ep 57•Transcript available on Metacast Can a holistic protocol address the root cause of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis (MS)? We explore how metabolic health is tightly linked to autoimmune diseases and how understanding blood sugar levels and insulin sensitivity is key. Dr. Terry Wahls developed The Wahls Protocol, which helped Dr. Wahls reverse her disease process and helped her get back on her feet. The Wahls Protocol is one of the most influential lifestyle programs that help people address their autoimmune diseases....
Dec 27, 2021•47 min•Ep 56•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with our Software Engineer, Stephanie Coates, to chat about her journeys around the world as a digital nomad, what she learned about travel and life along the way and how it all brought her to Levels. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels ap...
Dec 23, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep 55•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Operations, Michael Mizrahi, and Head of Legal, Zac Henderson, sat down to discuss all the technical intricacies of equity including what it is, how it works and the value behind it. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), provi...
Dec 20, 2021•50 min•Ep 54•Transcript available on Metacast Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Alex Lieberman, Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, to discuss the importance of mental health in the workplace, especially in a startup remote environment. They also cover common issues like burnout, imposter syndrome and how these can affect productivity. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve heal...
Dec 16, 2021•56 min•Ep 53•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Product, Scott Klein, to discuss our approach to the Directly Responsible Individual (DRI) process here at Levels. Learn what a DRI is, what the process entails, and why it's crucial to have in a remote and async environment. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. L...
Dec 13, 2021•51 min•Ep 52•Transcript available on Metacast Levels' Head of Content, Mike Haney, sat down down with Emily Hunter, Registered Dietitian, Co-Founder and Head of Product of Othership: Breathing App (formerly known as Inward Breathwork). The app allows you to explore the ins and outs of your breath with guiding breathwork sessions to connect the body, brain, self, and other. Emily discusses the health benefits of breathing exercises as well as Othership's approach to breathwork. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: http...
Dec 09, 2021•40 min•Ep 51•Transcript available on Metacast Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Austen Allred, CEO of Bloom Institute of Technology, formerly Lambda School, to discuss his approach to career-focused and lower-risk education and how it leads to rewarding jobs. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and conti...
Dec 06, 2021•59 min•Ep 50•Transcript available on Metacast Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Head of Product, Scott Klein, and Head of Engineering, Andrew Conner, to discuss the complexities and best approaches to asynchronous communication. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-t...
Dec 03, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep 49•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Partnerships, Tom Griffin, sat down with content creator, Austin McGuffie AKA Metabolism Mentor, to discuss his journey with metabolic health and how to communicate complex ideas. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providin...
Dec 01, 2021•54 min•Ep 48•Transcript available on Metacast Many diseases traditionally associated with aging have a metabolic root cause, including seemingly-unrelated conditions like tinnitus and gallbladder stones. But with a metabolic origin (specifically with insulin resistance), there can be a metabolic solution. Blood glucose levels and insulin are tied to many more chronic diseases than just Type 2 Diabetes. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Ben Bikman, PhD, the doctor at the forefront of research and th...
Nov 29, 2021•58 min•Ep 47•Transcript available on Metacast Levels' Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Andy Schabelman, one of the first 30 employees at Airbnb who led their international expansion initiatives, sat down to discuss the nuances and complexities of scaling companies in new markets. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and c...
Nov 26, 2021•35 min•Ep 46•Transcript available on Metacast Mike Haney, Head of Content at Levels, sat down with Dr. Matt Laye, to discuss Matt's approach to deconstructing research based articles and what it means to actually digest a scientific based article. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs...
Nov 24, 2021•57 min•Ep 45•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with long-time Levels friend and content creator, Ali Spagnola, to discuss how she strikes a balance with her content in order to serve the ever-changing audiences and algorithms of social media. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and...
Nov 22, 2021•50 min•Ep 44•Transcript available on Metacast For 40 years, Betsy McLaughlin (former CEO of Hot Topic) worked out consistently and tried several diets—even bespoke nutrition programs—to change her metabolism and lose weight, but nothing worked. It all clicked when Betsy’s life coach and trainer introduced her to wearing a CGM through Levels. In this clip, Betsy shares her inspiring health journey and how Levels helped her understand what to eat and when to eat in order to optimize her metabolic health and see big changes quickly. Sign Up to...
Nov 18, 2021•53 min•Ep 43•Transcript available on Metacast Levels CEO, Sam Corcos, sat down with Vinay Hiremath, CEO of Loom, to discuss their outlook on remote and asynchronous communication and how Loom will benefit everyone in the workplace. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Levels app and continuous glucose monitors (CGMs), providing real-ti...
Nov 17, 2021•1 hr 5 min•Ep 42•Transcript available on Metacast Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Alan McLean, Head of Design at Levels, to discuss Alan's design philosophy, his approach to re-designing the Levels app, as well as his past experience with The New York Times, Fitbit and Google. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healthspan. Levels Members gain access to the Level...
Nov 15, 2021•48 min•Ep 41•Transcript available on Metacast Levels' Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Casey Means, sat down with Dr. Philip Ovadia to discuss the key factors that lead to poor metabolic health. As well, they discussed their views on how to solve the metabolic crisis, and Dr. Ovadia's new book, "Stay Off My Operating Table." Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve healths...
Nov 11, 2021•1 hr 14 min•Ep 40•Transcript available on Metacast Sam Corcos, CEO of Levels, and Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels, sat down to discuss their outlook on a cultural handbook which was created by Miz, Head of Operations at Levels. The handbook dives into the values at Levels, and how to effectively build culture in an asynchronous and remote team. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empowering you with the tools needed to achieve health goals and improve hea...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 39•Transcript available on Metacast There is a major shift happening with traditional, mainstream media and the creator economy. Levels team members, Mike Haney, Head of Content, Tom Griffin, Head of Partnerships, and Ben Grynol, Head of Growth, sat down and discussed the current overlap and benefits with each of these channels and how Levels can engage better with the audiences they want to reach. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you see how food affects your health, empower...
Nov 08, 2021•49 min•Ep 38•Transcript available on Metacast Many times, when people go through post-secondary school, they aren't aware of what career they want to pursue upon graduating. For Braden McCarthy – part of the Operations team at Levels – he went straight from school to startup and took a non-traditional career path. In doing so, Braden has been provided with immense learning opportunities as part of a fast moving team and early-stage tech company. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Levels helps you...
Nov 04, 2021•43 min•Ep 37•Transcript available on Metacast When building a community, there's one principle which lays the foundation for every community and culture around the world – People Like Us Do Things Like This. It's a sense of tribalism, and a concept that Seth Godin, a global thought leader, brought to the world more than 10 years ago. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Seth Godin is an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker. In addition to launching one of the most popular blogs in th...
Nov 01, 2021•47 min•Ep 36•Transcript available on Metacast Oftentimes, in hiring processes, companies have a sense of leverage over prospective candidates. However, with Levels, this isn't the path that we take – we don't want to sell candidates, and we don't want candidates to sell us. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl When bringing new team members onboard, the process is transparent. We don't trick people with challenges: " Here's a hard question, go and solve it." Rather, we gi...
Oct 28, 2021•36 min•Ep 35•Transcript available on Metacast Growth at an early-stage startup involves running series of experiments to learn about a hypothesis. Growth is not based a specific playbook, or a prescriptive plan that people can transfer from one company to the next. Rather, growth experiments are based on an amalgamation of insights from differing areas of a business, and even within the world. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Wiz Abdulla, an investor in Levels, understands growth experiments at th...
Oct 25, 2021•1 hr 11 min•Ep 34•Transcript available on Metacast Inbox zero – it's taken the email world by storm and has been popularized by startups, like Superhuman . But, everyone seems to have their own process for managing emails and prioritizing tasks. Sometimes, this is due to the vertical or industry that a person works within. Other times, it's because entire companies have specific ways of approaching work. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl For the Levels team, we value three factors deeply when it...
Oct 21, 2021•1 hr•Ep 33•Transcript available on Metacast Marc Champagne started out his career in the corporate world. After a decade of working in roles across sales, analytics, and product management, he took a leap and started a company – KYO – a journalling app, which ended up reaching nearly 87M people. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Eventually, the company shut down and Marc was left thinking about what he wanted from his life. After an introspective period of asking himself questions, he decided to...
Oct 18, 2021•55 min•Ep 32•Transcript available on Metacast As a company focused on metabolic health and continuous glucose monitoring, it's important for Levels to be on the forefront of technology. For our team, it means that we must understand what's possible – today and in the future. And, there's no one better to talk to about the subject than Josh Clemente – Co-founder of Levels. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Josh is a Mechanical Engineer by training, and spent many years at SpaceX putting ...
Oct 14, 2021•52 min•Ep 31•Transcript available on Metacast In September of 2021, Dr. Robert Lustig participated in a Book Club with the Levels Community, where he discussed his latest book – Metabolical. For the session, Dr. Casey Means, Co-founder & Chief Medical Officer of Levels hosted an interview with Dr. Lustig, which was then followed by a Q&A with the Levels Community. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link/wnl Dr. Lustig is an Advisor to Levels, author of six books, including Fat Chance, Hacking of the ...
Oct 11, 2021•33 min•Ep 30•Transcript available on Metacast Mental models allow us to take shortcuts when makings decisions. The heuristics that create the foundation of mental models can be stacked on top of each other to form new mental models, when solving problems. Some mental models are quick and easy – others are more complex. For Sam Corcos, co-founder and CEO of Levels, it's no surprise that he has many mental models – for pretty much every situation in life and business. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: https://levels.link...
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep 29•Transcript available on Metacast 
