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Co-founder of Levels: Josh Clemente

Aug 3, 2023

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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Josh Clemente

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Quick takeaways

Levels focuses on continuous glucose monitoring to empower individuals in improving their metabolic health.

The culture at SpaceX emphasizes effective communication and extreme accountability.

Levels prioritizes constant iteration and customer interaction to develop key features and promote a personalized approach to optimizing nutrition and exercise.

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The Origin of Levels

Levels was born out of the founder's personal experience with metabolic dysfunction and the realization that continuous glucose monitoring could empower individuals to take control of their health. The COVID-19 pandemic highlighted the importance of metabolic health, further driving the development of the product.

The Importance of First Principles in Problem-Solving

01:21

The Condensed Experience at SpaceX

01:20

Building a Culture of Deep Work and Asynchronous Collaboration

01:23

Introduction

5min

Working at SpaceX: Speed and Accountability

6min

The Personal Journey of the Co-founder and President of Levels

14min

The Importance of Metabolic Health and the Role of Glucose and Insulin

19min

Remote Work Culture and Asynchronous Communication

8min

Prioritization, Decision-making, and First Principles

3min

Culture, Hiring Process, and the Future of Biological Observability

3min

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 -- More about Levels ► https://levelshealth.com/ More about Josh ► https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshclemente/ Levels Podcast ► https://www.levelshealth.com/podcasts -- The Site ► http://tryterra.co More Podcasts ► https://blog.tryterra.co/podcast/home Twitter ► https://twitter.com/terraapi LinkedIn ► https://www.linkedin.com/company/terraapi

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