LEVELS – A Whole New Level

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with one of the earliest team members of Levels, Mike DiDonato, Head of Success. They chatted about the early days and history of the company and how we have scaled from a team of six, two years ago, to now a team of almost 50. 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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (11:43) - A scrappy way to get things done (17:00) - Give your job away as you scale (22:16) - Bringing on new people means you can do more (27:52) - Responsibility not to fail (28:31) - Don’t fail in silence (31:19) - Pitch in where you can (35:01) - Buckling under a heavy load (39:32) - Growth and change are constant (41:22) - There is no such thing as overcommunication (43:19) - Build the mechanism Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Levels Data Scientist, Helena Belloff, chatted about some of the implications around data collection, what we can do with it and how we extrapolate it to find correlations. 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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (08:52) - General advice is helpful, but personalized is better (13:05) - Make small behavior changes (17:31) - Not spiking doesn’t mean it’s healthy (20:04) - Sleep and glucose levels are closely tied (22:51) - Context matters (27:17) - Data scientists are technology translators (30:45) - Not all data is useful (34:55) - Balance the amount of data collection and insights (39:27) - Tagging cleans up the data (43:41) - Connect glucose with stress Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Head of Product, Scott Klein, chatted about the idea of zero to one- going from nothing to something at a startup. They dived into why this can be challenging to build and what it takes to be successful with 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), providing real-time feedback on how diet and lifestyle choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (09:52) – The mindset of an entrepreneur (12:14) – Understand the problem to find the solution (15:13) – Talk to your users (20:23) – Focusing on the smaller customers (24:50) – Listen to your customers (27:40) – Startups push people to become leaders (37:39) – Understand yourself to lead your business (39:42) – It’s easy to avoid uncomfortable things (43:07) – The personal transformation of a startup leader (47:17) – Going from private to public Transcripts & Show Notes

Sam Corcos, Levels CEO, sat down with Emma Casey, a Stanford student and podcaster for Seed Stage Stories. They chat about some of the main questions that students tackle like, “What should I study?” or “What should I major in?” and how these questions relate to a student’s career path. 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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (07:20) – Most problems aren’t that hard to solve (10:44) – You need to have practical knowledge (12:33) – CEOs should have a wide skillset (15:08) – Choose your job based on your goals (18:33) – You need a team to solve big problems (24:52) – We’re fighting misinformation (34:35) – Know what is and isn’t useful to track (41:45) – Don’t double down on bad ideas (48:26) – Make time for the things that are important to you (52:15) – Technical know-how helps you make better decisions Transcripts & Show Notes Seed Stage Stories Blog – https://medium.com/seed-stage-stories Seed Stage Stories Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/seed-stage-stories/id1603095666

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Member Experience, Chris Jones, to chat about Chris’ journey to Levels from some of the largest tech companies. They also dived into Chris’ daily routine on his farm in Montana and how it blends with the async remote culture at 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 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 A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (12:03) – The power of disconnection (18:55) – Treat people like adults (21:09) – The perks of asynchronous work (26:30) – Startups have a culture of innovation (32:20) – Handling high stakes (35:21) – The challenges of acquisitions (41:43) – The democratization of data (45:52) – Treat your customers’ data with respect (52:29) – Data offers people personalized insight (57:22) – There’s no universal approach Transcripts & Show Notes

Sam Corcos, Josh Clemente, and Michael Mizrahi discuss the importance of company culture and how it evolves as the team scales. They highlight the concept that the company is the product, emphasizing the need to focus on how the company works. They also explore the benefits of building a culture of experimentation and making good decisions, and the challenges of delegation and depending on your people.

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Head of Research & Development, Taylor Sittler, M.D, about the effects of inflammation, what it is and how it correlates to our metabolic health.  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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (06:36) - From curiosity to dedication (09:06) - Our bodies are always changing (14:37) - Understand what’s happening inside your body (17:56) - Learn what’s healthy for you (23:57) - Have control over your health (30:29) - Share the journey with family members (32:59) - Community could help accountability (42:17) - Great design goes a long way (44:21) - Add on more measurements and integrations (47:29) - Education will help with accessibility Watch the video: https://youtu.be/eEvHXI5uWEQ  Inflammation and glucose levels: How high blood sugar can turn a good system bad | Blog post: https://www.levelshealth.com/blog/inflammation-and-glucose-levels  Transcripts & Show Notes

Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Levels member, Natalie Lumpkin, to chat about her journey with Levels and how it has impacted her health journey over the past year. 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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (06:36) - From curiosity to dedication (09:06) - Our bodies are always changing (14:37) - Understand what’s happening inside your body (17:56) - Learn what’s healthy for you (23:57) - Have control over your health (30:29) - Share the journey with family members (32:59) - Community could help accountability (42:17) - Great design goes a long way (44:21) - Add on more measurements and integrations (47:29) - Education will help with accessibility Transcripts & Show Notes Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/Y8BxkbzeF-E

Mike Haney, Levels Editorial Director, and Casey Means, Levels Chief Medical Officer, sat down with Jon Bier, Founder and Chief Executive of our PR agency, Jack Taylor PR. Mike, Casey, and Jon dig into the advantages of collaborating with PR agencies, like JTPR, and how press helps bring attention to Levels and the metabolic health crisis.  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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health (11:18) - Work with brands that are solving problems (14:25) - Not every brand needs PR (20:00) - PR isn’t a silver bullet early on (21:13) - Look at the work of a PR company (26:30) - More transparency is better (29:07) - Use storytelling to educate (34:56) - Look for cultural alignment (41:54) - Be platform agnostic (49:38) - Think in terms of soundbites (1:02:05) - Don’t rely on celebrities and athletes Transcripts & Show Notes Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/YndcxHKAnO4

The idea of startup equity can be an overwhelming concept. What are the differences between ISOs, NSOs, RSUs, Secondary Sales, and other factors that will impact your employees when building a startup business? In effect, those acronyms are all different equity offerings with different tax implications for their recipients—your employees. As a business, you want to do what’s best for your team members. Sam Corcos and Zac Henderson spoke with Henry Ward, the co-founder and CEO of Carta, to discuss what various forms of equity look like and how to make it as easy as possible for your employees to get some liquidity in the long run. 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 choices impact your metabolic health. Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health 🎙 What Henry Ward, Sam Corcos, & Zac Henderson discuss: (04:34) – The difference between public and private stocks (12:06) – Why the strike price matters (14:36) – Why you need to switch to RSUs (18:15) – Employees are your investors (26:26) – The possibilities of secondary sales (28:51) – There’s no good reason to disallow secondary sales (32:04) – Make sure your business is properly capitalized (33:28) – How employees can sell their sharesTranscripts & Show Notes 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. 🔗 Helpful links: Watch the conversation: https://youtu.be/657bytdb8-E Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1