LEVELS – A Whole New Level

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April 19, 2022 #104 - SEO and the approaches for pursuing a strong organic growth strategy (Ben Grynol, Mike Haney, & Eli Schwartz)
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, and Levels Editorial Director, Mike Haney, chatted with Growth Advisor and SEO Strategic Consultant, Eli Schwartz. They discussed the idea of SEO as a strategic growth lever and what are the most efficient and inefficient ways of using it.

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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

Watch the video – https://youtu.be/UqW-9YsaUpg
(07:04) - Prioritize content by user need
(10:46) - Don’t overcomplicate SEO
(12:33) - Fit SEO into the funnel
(17:12) - Focus on search intent
(20:41) - Think beyond Google
(23:42) - Don’t chase the algorithm
(26:55) - SEO isn’t always a great growth lever
(29:10) - Put SEO in product, not marketing
(31:48) - Engineering-driven SEO is more scalable
(42:14) - Don’t do SEO first
Transcripts & Show Notes
58 min
April 18, 2022 #103 - Starting a New Zealand software company (Dave ten Have & Ben Grynol)
Levels Head of Growth, Ben Grynol, chatted with our Software Engineer, Dave ten Have, about Dave's backstory as a co-founder of Omniblox, how he became an engineer and what he's looking forward to accomplishing in the future.

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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
(17:15) – Why 3D printing caught Dave’s attention
(24:09) – The culture of Silicon Valley
(25:39) – The challenges of expectations
(31:09) – Focus on your customers
(33:18) – Changing the entrepreneurial mindset
(34:23) – Startups are like music albums
(36:50) – Every health journey is different
(37:58) – The narrative of instant success
Transcripts & Show Notes
50 min
April 15, 2022 #102 - Insulin resistance and how it affects each of us differently (Dr. Ben Bikman & Austin McGuffie)
Content creator, Austin McGuffie, AKA Metabolism Mentor, chatted with Levels advisor, Dr. Ben Bikman, about all the different facets of metabolic health including how insulin resistance can affect every person differently based on gender, age and even ethnicity.

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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
(05:04) - Keeping insulin low
(11:05) - Eating protein first
(13:34) - A lesson on fat cell growth
(26:14) - The first form of insulin resistance
(27:31) - The second form of insulin resistance
(29:57) - Elevated insulin causes insulin resistance
(31:23) - Lower your insulin intake
(36:04) - Type 2 diabetes follows a familial pattern
(38:15) - The genetics to get metabolically sick
(41:16) - Control carbs, prioritize protein, don't be afraid of fat
Transcripts & Show Notes
Watch the video - https://youtu.be/TpH4mUhLFec
43 min
April 13, 2022 #101 - How the world is changing the healthcare & prescription process (Varun Boriah & Chris Jones)
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.

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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
Transcripts & Show Notes
Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/whpMc5jJuM8
51 min
April 11, 2022 #100 - Why documentation is important for engineering teams | Maxine Whitely, Steph Coates, Ian Schumann, & Ben Grynol
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.

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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
🎙️ 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
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 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.
⁠Transcript & show notes⁠

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

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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
🎙 What Mac 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

🔗 Helpful links:
Watch the conversation: https://youtube.com/watch?v=wSV23rItORI&feature=youtu.be
Find us on YouTube: https://youtube.com/levelshealth?sub_confirmation=1
52 min
April 06, 2022 #98 - Changing your mindset to "maybe" (Ben Grynol & Mike DiDonato)
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.

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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
(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
Transcripts and Show Notes
57 min
April 05, 2022 #97 - How environmental chemicals are making us sick and fat (Dr. Rob Lustig & Dr. Casey Means)
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.

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. 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
(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
1 hr 14 min
April 04, 2022 #96 - Finding meaning and connection in life and work (Ian Schumann & Mike Haney)
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.

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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
(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
Transcripts and Show Notes
53 min
April 01, 2022 #95 - How do you think about Growth? (Rachel Sanders & Ben Grynol)
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.

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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
(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
Transcripts & Show Notes
Watch the Video – https://youtu.be/pvEBcqbGglo
54 min

About 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.