EPISODE · Aug 3, 2023 · 57 MIN
Co-founder of Levels: Josh Clemente
from Terra API Podcast - Stay Fit, Stay Connected · host Kyriakos Eleftheriou
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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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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