#2 – From selling cars, to building rockets (Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol)

#2 – From selling cars, to building rockets (Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol)

After graduating from college, Josh Clemente, Founder of Levels, found himself selling used cars while he held out for his dream job – an opportunity to work at Tesla. Although Tesla didn't work out, someone suggested that Josh apply to SpaceX and this changed the course of his career.


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(06:12) - How Josh’s father provided a career role model
(09:05) - Catching attention with a killer capstone project
(21:16) - The journey to SpaceX
(25:13) - What happens when you take work to the limit
(27:04) - Leaving SpaceX to explore new ideas
(34:14) - The scientific paper that inspired Josh’s obsession with metabolism
(40:34) - Feeling frustration when denied access to a CGM
(44:15) - How a CGM provided a lightbulb moment
(47:53) - Building out the original business plan

Transcripts & Show Notes

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#271 - How to keep your blood sugar more stable and why it matters for weight loss and overall health – Tips from Glucose Goddess | Jessie Inchauspé & Dr. Casey Means - (Replay)

#271 - How to keep your blood sugar more stable and why it matters for weight loss and overall health – Tips from Glucose Goddess | Jessie Inchauspé & Dr. Casey Means - (Replay)

Stable glucose levels are a foundation of feeling and looking your best at any age. When glucose levels are more erratic—with spikes and crashes—cravings, weight gain, low energy, health issues, and m...

20 Feb 20251h 12min

#270 - Why you need to build and maintain muscle to lose weight and live longer | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon & Dr. Casey Means - (Replay)

#270 - Why you need to build and maintain muscle to lose weight and live longer | Dr. Gabrielle Lyon & Dr. Casey Means - (Replay)

Diet and exercise culture tends to prioritize calorie restriction and calorie burning via cardio workouts. While fat loss is beneficial, building and maintaining healthy muscle mass is also crucial fo...

30 Jan 20251h 3min

#269 - How Levels got its start as a company setting out to solve the metabolic health crisis via CGM access | Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol

#269 - How Levels got its start as a company setting out to solve the metabolic health crisis via CGM access | Josh Clemente & Ben Grynol

Levels, aiming to fix the metabolic health crisis with the use of continuous glucose monitoring (CGM) paired with an intuitive and educational app, was founded in 2019 by Josh Clemente, who eventually...

19 Dec 20243h 45min

#268 - The truths about obesity, skinny fat, TOFI & why thin people can be unhealthy | Dr. Robert Lustig & Mike Haney

#268 - The truths about obesity, skinny fat, TOFI & why thin people can be unhealthy | Dr. Robert Lustig & Mike Haney

The obesity epidemic isn’t about calories-in-calories-out. Instead, chronic stress and high insulin levels from refined carbs and sugar are drivers of fat storage. And the type of fat stored matters, ...

21 Nov 20241h 34min

#267 - How trauma can contribute to autoimmune disorders, and what you can do | Dr. Sara (Gottfried) Szal and Mike Haney

#267 - How trauma can contribute to autoimmune disorders, and what you can do | Dr. Sara (Gottfried) Szal and Mike Haney

Trauma causes physiological changes to the nervous system. Over time, these impacts may place someone on a trajectory from health to a pre-disease state to a disease state, leading to autoimmunity or ...

24 Okt 20241h 13min

#266 - How and why to eat an anti-inflammatory diet | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

#266 - How and why to eat an anti-inflammatory diet | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

Inflammation is an essential process in the body to help with healing and illness recovery. However, many people have chronic inflammation, which accelerates aging and drives disease processes. We can...

10 Okt 202418min

#265 - How do you know if you are healthy and what your labs tell you? | Dr. Robert Lustig & Mike Haney

#265 - How do you know if you are healthy and what your labs tell you? | Dr. Robert Lustig & Mike Haney

Although not one single test can tell you whether you are healthy, some biomarkers and lab results can provide you a picture of your metabolic health, which can then inform you about your overall heal...

26 Sep 20241h 19min

#264 - How aging and menopause drive muscle loss and fat gain | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

#264 - How aging and menopause drive muscle loss and fat gain | Dr. Robert Lustig & Ben Grynol

Both aging and menopause affect metabolism. Unless people build and preserve muscle mass, aging drives muscle loss and fat gain. While these changes affect everyone, the menopause transition can also ...

12 Sep 202411min

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