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LEVELS – Inside the Company

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Levels is a venture-funded health tech startup backed by some of the best venture capitalists in the game, including Andreesen Horowitz, and more than a thousand of our community members. In this podcast, we talk about our async and remote company, our culture and values, and what we build and learn along the way. Look for new shows every month. Connect with us: Become a Member: https://levels.link/itc Instagram: https://instagram.com/levels Twitter: https://twitter.com/levels LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/levels-health YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelsculture

Episodes

#10 - Protecting mental health and avoiding burnout at startups | Alex Lieberman & Sam Corcos

Burnout is real. But it can often be alleviated by working smarter, not harder. Startups can be very demanding of their employees—so how do you go into an exciting world full of pivots and hard work without burning out or compromising your mental health? Alex Lieberman, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of Morning Brew, is all about pursuing efficiency and enabling team members to work in the ways that serve them best. In this episode, he speaks to Levels CEO Sam Corcos about the importance of m...

Jan 13, 2023•1 hr 1 min•Ep 10•Transcript available on Metacast

#9 - Soft skills & values needed for legal & finance pro’s at startups | Zac Henderson & Ryley Walker

In the corporate world, there’s a very strict hierarchy of professional services in departments like legal and finance. But at Levels and other startups, things are very different. Head of Legal, Zac Henderson, and Senior Finance Manager Ryley Walker discuss: The differences between corporate vs. startup for professional services The Levels values of short toes and assuming positive intent Being an open-door professional resource to encourage collaboration Core “soft” skills needed to thrive at ...

Jan 10, 2023•53 min•Ep 9•Transcript available on Metacast

#8 – Inbox zero & time management for productivity | Sam Corcos, Dr. Casey Means, & Ben Grynol

The productivity and email world is obsessed with the “inbox zero” phenomenon, but everyone has their own process for managing emails and prioritizing tasks. Sometimes, it’s due to the vertical or industry a person works in, and other times it’s because companies have different cultures and values they talk about when it comes to approaching work and communications. The Levels team values these 3 factors of communication: Asynchronous or “async” communication, thorough project documentation, and...

Jan 06, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Ep 8•Transcript available on Metacast

#7 - Levels Member Story: Using daily CGM data to decide what to eat | Carl Banks & Mike Haney

Listen as Levels Member Carl Banks outlines the healthy approach that he takes around food—outlining his new dietary approach from the last few years, using daily CGM data to inform what he eats and what he does, and using that data to help him pay attention and not obsess. Listen as Carl discusses with Mike Haney his background in biophysics, his take on the social structures that deter people from achieving wellness, and how he succeeded in losing weight and keeping it off. Levels helps you se...

Jan 03, 2023•31 min•Ep 7•Transcript available on Metacast

#6 - Delegating to executive assistants for personal tasks or core work | Sam Corcos & Michael Mizrahi

When is it okay to delegate tasks to executive assistants (EAs)? At Levels, all team members have access to a pool of EAs through the company Athena, but it can be difficult to assess whether tasks delegated to EAs are appropriate. In this conversation, CEO Sam Corcos and Head of People Ops Michael ‘Miz’ Mizrahi explore the boundaries of delegating personal tasks, document when it’s not okay to utilize company EA time and talk about when it may be okay to delegate some of your core work to your ...

Dec 30, 2022•51 min•Ep 6•Transcript available on Metacast

#5 - Early-stage startups: The remote versus in-person culture debate | Delian Asparouhov & Sam Corcos

What’s more effective for startups: An in-person environment or a remote one? And which of these types of work cultures are more likely to IPO? Delian Asparouhov, co-founder of Varda and principal investor at Founders Fund explains why he thinks in-person startups, especially at the product market fit stage, are more likely to be acquired and IPO when the team operates in person. This remote versus in-person debate with Levels CEO Sam Corcos covers the benefits of different types of work environ...

Dec 26, 2022•49 min•Ep 5•Transcript available on Metacast

#4 - Performance marketing & brand equity: Earned & owned media for growth | Nik Sharma & Ben Grynol

Earned, paid, and owned media are some of the ways a start-up business might attract new customers and keep current ones. Growth leaders and CXO’s must understand how to strike a balance between performance marketing and brand equity development. Ben Grynol spoke with Nik Sharma, CEO of Sharma Brands, to discuss the advantages of each strategy and various sorts of growth levers. 🎙️ What Nik Sharma & Ben Grynol discuss: (09:16) - Understand the LTV of newsletter subscribers (12:40) - Intent ...

Dec 23, 2022•54 min•Ep 4•Transcript available on Metacast

#3 - Building a community with Seth Godin’s tribalism-based marketing: People Like Us Do Things Like This

When building a community, there's one principle that 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, entrepreneur, best-selling author, and speaker) brought to the world more than 10 years ago. Here, Seth Godin and Ben Grynol talk about marketing, community, and what it was like to grow up in Buffalo, NY. Levels helps you see how food affects your h...

Dec 22, 2022•49 min•Ep 3•Transcript available on Metacast

#2 - Building startup culture from the ground up | Marc Randolph, Co-Founder of Netflix & Sam Corcos

A startup needs to create and establish a company culture in the beginning in order for the team to thrive and grow as the company scales. Understandably, it may seem counterintuitive to focus on intangible things like culture in the early days of a startup, but it’s key. Netflix Co-Founder Marc Randolph is a standout leader to talk to about this; he helped build Netflix’s culture 20 years ago. To this day, CEOs still reference Marc’s Netflix culture playbook. Listen as Sam Corcos and Marc Rando...

Dec 21, 2022•54 min•Ep 2•Transcript available on Metacast

#1 – Inside the Company: Intro

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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on Levels - Inside the Company, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health a...

Nov 29, 2022•47 sec•Ep 1•Transcript available on Metacast