Levels

LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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Levels helps you understand your metabolic health with personalized data, expert guidance, and tools that connect your daily choices to measurable changes in your body. Our goal is to help you make better decisions about food, exercise, sleep, and long-term health. Connect with us:Become a Member: https://levels.link/wnlYouTube: https://youtube.com/@levelsInstagram: https://instagram.com/levelsTwitter: https://twitter.com/levelsLinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/company/levelsTikTok: https://tiktok.com/@levels

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Levels

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Health

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levels.link

Latest episode

Jul 2, 2026

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#50 - Changing the economics of an industry (Austen Allred & Ben Grynol) 06.12.2021

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...

#49 - Solving synchronicity with asynchronous communication (Sam Corcos, Andrew Conner & Scott Klein) 03.12.2021

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. L...

#48 - Metabolism Mentor (Austin McGuffie & Tom Griffin) 01.12.2021

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 healt...

#47 - Surprising symptoms & diseases tied to insulin resistance & metabolism (Ben Bikman & Casey Means) 29.11.2021

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 Guid...

#46 - Running a playbook for international expansion (Andy Schabelman & Ben Grynol) 26.11.2021

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 neede...

#45 - How to read a nutrition paper (Matt Laye & Mike Haney) 24.11.2021

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 i...

#44 - Creating engagement in a world of ever changing attention (Ali Spagnola & Ben Grynol) 22.11.2021

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 nee...

#43 - One CEO's 81 pound weight loss using a Levels CGM (Betsy McLaughlin & Casey Means) 18.11.2021

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 e...

#42 - Why remote and async teams should use Loom (Vinay Hiremath & Sam Corcos) 17.11.2021

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. Le...

#41 - The role of design in behavior change (Alan McLean & Ben Grynol) 15.11.2021

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...

#40 - Stay off my operating table (Philip Ovadia & Casey Means) 11.11.2021

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 a...

#39 - The Levels cultural handbook (Sam Corcos & Josh Clemente) 09.11.2021

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 fo...

#38 - Mainstream media vs. the creator economy (Ben Grynol, Mike Haney & Tom Griffin) 08.11.2021

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 Ultima...

#37 - From school to startup (Braden McCarthy & Ben Grynol) 04.11.2021

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 c...

#36 - Building community, tribalism, and the principle of People Like Us Do Things Like This (Seth Godin & Ben Grynol) 01.11.2021

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 entrepre...

#35 – Building our Engineering Team (Michael Mizrahi & Andrew Conner) 28.10.2021

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 t...

#34 – Growth experiments & playbooks (Wiz Abdulla & Ben Grynol) 25.10.2021

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 Glucos...

#33 – Inbox zero & time management (Sam Corcos, Casey Means & Ben Grynol) 21.10.2021

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 G...

#32 – Personal Socrates (Marc Champagne & Mike Haney) 18.10.2021

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 wh...

#31 – The future of hardware for continuous glucose monitoring (Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol) 14.10.2021

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:...

#30 – Who let Colonel Mustard into the mansion? (Dr. Robert Lustig & Dr. Casey Means) 11.10.2021

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.lin...

#29 – Mental models and heuristics – shortcuts to be more productive (Sam Corcos & Ben Grynol) 07.10.2021

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 sit...

#28 – Ecosystems & platforms – a deep dive into tech (David Rosenthal & Ben Grynol) 04.10.2021

When most companies start, they are single-threaded companies. More specifically, companies start with one product or revenue stream and evolve. Amazon is a great example of a company that has built an ecosystem. The company started as an e-commerce site for selling books, and now has a number of inter-related businesses that make up the entire Amazon ecosystem. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate G...

#27 – Principles of effective communication (Michael Mizrahi & Sam Corcos) 30.09.2021

Communication and communication platforms – specifically in a work setting – can lead to increased productivity, or can unfold as a distraction mechanism for urgency. Unfortunately, for most companies, the latter is often true. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl In a world of constant connection and notifications, the expectation around professional commun...

#26 – Nutrition & Kids – A parent's perspective (Kelly LeVeque & Ben Grynol) 27.09.2021

For parents, feeding kids a balanced diet can feel like an uphill battle. People are surrounded by fast, convenient and highly processed food items, which can make the idea of 'meal time' easier to get through. But, these short-term choices can have long term health implications – especially for children. Sign Up to Get Your Free Ultimate Guide to Glucose: ⁠https://levels.link/wnl When kid...

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