LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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#101 - How the world is changing the healthcare & prescription process (Varun Boriah & Chris Jones) Apr 13, 2022

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Levels Head of Member Experience, Chris Jones, sat down with SVP and GM of Diagnostics at Truepill, an online B2B pharmacy delivery service. They chatted about supply chain infrastructure for prescriptions as well as how it relates to our Levels ecosystem and the future of the healthcare and prescription process.

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

(03:50) - The future of consumer healthcare
(05:40) - Creating a white-label experience
(07:13) - Working across a wide spectrum
(09:50) - Prioritizing patient confidentiality
(12:13) - Consumers are changing healthcare
(18:18) - Learning through collaboration
(24:10) - Fixing a broken experience
(25:07) - The next wave of consumer health
(30:07) - From Jupiter to healthcare
(44:39) - The consumerization of diagnostics

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Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/whpMc5jJuM8

#100 - Why documentation is important for engineering teams | Maxine Whitely, Steph Coates, Ian Schumann, & Ben Grynol Apr 11, 2022

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Creating consistent and cohesive documentation is key for the Levels engineering team. But that’s easier said than done. Ben Grynol talked with some of our software engineers, Maxine Whitely, Steph Coates, and Ian Schumann, to break down their approach to documentation. They talked about why it matters for an asynchronous remote team, how it mirrors building healthy habits, and why it’s worth it to invest in documentation now for everyone on the team as well as how it will benefit future engineers as we scale.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙️ What they discuss:

(02:54) - The parable of the engineer
(05:03) - A bridge to non-technical stakeholders
(09:30) - Having the time to document
(10:12) - Understanding through teaching
(13:06) - A culture of documentation
(20:00) - Avoid documentation debt
(20:34) - Pay now or pay later
(23:49) - Don’t make assumptions
(26:10) - Bottlenecks without documentation
(37:47) - Curate your work for your team

Look for multiple new shows per week on Levels - A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations about how the Levels startup team builds a movement from the ground up in the health and wellness tech industry.

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#99 - How to make a real impact in the community: Opportunities & challenges | Mac Conwell & Ben Grynol Apr 08, 2022

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It can be a challenge to reach the communities you want to impact most. How do you know you’re taking the right steps and making the right connections? The good news is it doesn’t have to happen overnight or with one big initiative; you just have to work consistently with the communities. In this episode, Ben Grynol talked with one of our investors and Co-Founder of RareBreed Ventures, McKeever “Mac” Conwell. They chatted about the idea of reaching communities that are most impacted by poor metabolic health and what we can do collectively as a society to ensure we’re taking the right steps to reach them, as well as the opportunities, challenges, and initiatives for making meaningful change in the community.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

🎙 WhatMac Conwell & Ben Grynol discuss:

(15:08) – Looking for opportunity
(18:37) – Inform your community
(23:50) – Change has to come from both ends
(25:11) – Reimagine how people interact with products
(30:06) – Startups break the rules
(37:19) – Bring in creative people
(41:44) – Create open access to jobs
(44:56) – Share resources with community leaders
(49:00) – Widening the net

Transcripts and Show Notes

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Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wSV23rItORI&feature=youtu.be

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#98 - Changing your mindset to "maybe" (Ben Grynol & Mike DiDonato) Apr 06, 2022

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Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, sat down with Head of Success, Mike DiDonato. They deconstructed the idea about mindset and how it relates to some of the situations Mike has faced over the past month.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(23:09) – You have to keep going
(24:04) – Try to be still
(24:53) – There’s always more to learn
(29:20) – Resentment is distracting
(31:08) – You are what you think about
(35:02) – You’re responsible for your response
(38:09) – Be the best version of yourself
(39:49) – How to keep going
(41:43) – Minimize your regrets
(50:24) – Don’t project your expectations onto others

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#97 - How environmental chemicals are making us sick and fat (Dr. Rob Lustig & Dr. Casey Means) Apr 05, 2022

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Landmark new research published by Dr. Rob Lustig and dozens of other scientists shows us for the first time the intricate mechanisms of how environmental chemicals directly cause obesity, uncovering the latest research on this class of chemicals called obesogens. In this conversation between Dr. Rob Lustig and Dr. Casey Means, they discuss what products and environmental toxins we need to be aware of, how they are impacting our cells and causing metabolic dysfunction, and what we can do to protect ourselves. Dr. Lustig speaks to how these environmental toxins affect our sex cells (sperm and eggs) and can impact our offspring and many generations to come. He also discusses how 15% of obesity may be directly caused by these chemicals.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(07:58) - It’s not just correlative, it’s causative
(10:51) - Obesogens bind to our cell proteins
(11:27) - Everyday products contain obesogens
(14:37) - Babies and children are the most vulnerable
(24:34) - Obesogens stick around even after being banned
(32:19) - Food is more than calories
(43:05) - Obesogens are unregulated
(51:05) - Cell alterations last for generations
(01:54:00) - We need to get the EPA on board
(01:02:15) - Buy organic

Transcripts and Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/GQrnEx8MNKk

#96 - Finding meaning and connection in life and work (Ian Schumann & Mike Haney) Apr 04, 2022

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Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, sat down with our Software Engineer, Ian Schumann, to chat about Ian’s past experience with linguistics as well as the idea of finding meaning and connection in life and work, especially in an async remote culture like Levels.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(04:22) - Discovering linguistics
(13:27) - Searching for ultimate purpose
(15:52) - Settling into a career
(17:41) - A sense of human connection
(31:57) - Learning to soak up what’s in front of you
(36:43) - Transitioning into engineering
(37:58) - Learning about Levels
(39:43) - Aligning with the culture
(43:21) - Getting to know the team
(49:09) - Working async and remote

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#95 - How do you think about Growth? (Rachel Sanders & Ben Grynol) Apr 01, 2022

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Rachel Sanders, CEO of Rootine, chatted with our Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, to dig into our philosophy on Growth and how we think about it as a function within our growing company.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(02:53) - The stages of growth
(04:19) - Becoming obsessed with a global problem
(09:30) - Having a builder’s mindset
(12:27) - Come up with a plan
(13:50) - Hiring to fill substantial gaps
(16:26) - Iterate as you grow
(20:24) - Starting a new experiment
(30:56) - Making the most of your time
(37:37) - Using tools to support behavior
(41:34) - Hiring a generalist who can experiment

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Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/pvEBcqbGglo

#94 - Lifecycle, e-mail and some of the strongest growth levers today (Will Wong, Ben Grynol & Josh Mohrer) Mar 30, 2022

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Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, Head of Global Operations, Josh Mohrer (JM), chatted with Will Wong, one of the partners at Andreessen Horowitz, a lead investor of Levels. They dived into Will's extensive experience with e-mail and performance marketing at Dropbox, Twitch and Disney Streaming. They also dug into how e-mail is a strong lever in building engagement and why companies should consider this as a strong distribution channel.

Look for new shows every month on A Whole New Level, where we have in-depth conversations with thought leaders about metabolic health

(05:45) - Applying baseball vendor logic to marketing
(12:14) - Minimize the risk of launching Disney+
(16:15) - Be prepared for the end of free trial period
(18:27) - Segments need to be distinct
(22:03) - Get the messaging right for each group
(23:26) - Keep people engaged in the short term
(25:06) - Create long term fans
(30:18) - Make content for all the segments
(40:28) - Lean into product-led growth
(50:31) - Sometimes a left-field idea is the best one

Transcripts & Show Notes

Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/GYwgQMI75DA

#93 - Evolving roles as the company grows (Ben Grynol & Mike DiDonato) Mar 28, 2022

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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.

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

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#92 - Data insights from 1.9 million food logs (Ben Grynol & Helena Belloff) Mar 25, 2022

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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.

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

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