Josh Clemente, Co-founder and President at Levels, talks about his experience at SpaceX, Levels' unique product launch strategy, correlation between glucose and insulin, building a remote-first culture, and the future of health monitoring technologies.
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SpaceX and Metabolic Dysfunction
Josh Clemente, while working on SpaceX's astronaut life support program, realized his own metabolic dysfunction despite being physically fit.
This led him to continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) and the eventual founding of Levels.
insights INSIGHT
Clear Communication at SpaceX
SpaceX's culture prioritizes clear communication and avoids acronyms, enabling everyone to contribute regardless of experience.
This leads to faster progress and significant contributions from all team members, including interns.
volunteer_activism ADVICE
Accountability Framework
Implement a responsible engineer framework where a single individual is accountable for a project's outcome.
This structure scales from small subsystems to large projects, fostering ownership and driving progress.
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In this video, we spoke with Josh Clemente, Founder and President of Levels. Josh gave us an exclusive insight into the early days at Space, collaborating with NASA and learning from Elon Musk.
Josh also talks about their unique product launch strategy in Levels, centered around constant product iterations and continuously speaking to customers. He is giving us insights on how one of the world's most successful metabolic health companies is running and insights on Glucose, Insulin, and many more.
Lastly, he addresses Level’s distinct asynchronous remote-first culture while maintaining its infamous responsible engineer framework.
00:00:00 - Introduction
00:03:40 - Early days at SpaceX, learning from Elon Musk
00:07:00 - Culture at SpaceX and Levels - using the responsible engineering framework
00:09:00 - How the Levels founding team was formed, and Josh being patient zero
00:13:30 - Product launch strategies and similarity to YC’s product launch philosophy
00:20:05 - How the first people learned about Levels and how Covid put them on the map
00:25:50 - Correlation between glucose and insulin and defining metabolism
00:41:50 - Building a unique culture at Levels and why they don’t use Slack
00:50:30 - First principles thinking and other mental models
00:54:20 - The future of hardware sensors Level’s 5-year plan
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