How I Write

Sam Corcos: How Writing Helped This CEO Build a $300m+ Company


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This is business writing like you’ve never seen it before. 


Sam Corcos is the founder of a $300 million company called Levels. He’s built a culture of intellectual rigor by hiring excellent writers and giving them time to think on paper. But don’t get it twisted — a successful “writing-first work culture” is far more than grammatically correct Slack messages and the occasional memo. 


“95% of people would not be happy working in the culture that we’ve built. And the 5% who would be have been looking for this their entire lives.” – Sam


In this episode, we go deep (and I mean, deep) into what makes business writing work. Sam reveals how to use writing to:

  • Create strategic memos
  • Solve specific problems
  • Make better decisions
  • And work twice as fast. 

  • If you’re interested in learning how to use writing to scale businesses, this one’s for you. 


    SPEAKER LINKS: 

    Website: http://corcos.io/

    Company: https://www.levelshealth.com/

    X/Twitter: https://twitter.com/samcorcos

    Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/samcorcos


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