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

Sign Up for "Writing Examples" and Learn From The Best Writing of All Time: https://www.writingexamples.com 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:   / samcorcos   Linkedin:   / samcorcos   WRITE OF PASSAGE: Want to learn more about the next class for Write of Passage? Click here: https://writeofpassage.com/ TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00 Introduction 00:01:24 Clear thinking 00:03:45 Principles for business writing 00:09:23 Information silos 00:12:30 Remote work (sync vs async) 00:17:00 Business mantras 00:20:00 Business leaders Sam admires 00:23:45 Hiring and writing ("Keeper Test") 00:30:40 Feedback via Loom videos 00:36:30 Memos 00:38:20 Scientific methods 00:45:00 Business writing and distractions 00:54:00 "Think Weeks" 01:00:00 Writing blogs and good content 01:09:40 Time allocation 01:14:45 Amazon PR FAQ 01:18:30 Gitlab's business writing culture 01:21:30 Writing within jobs (promoting, delegating) 01:29:30 Writing within projects and retrospectives 01:34:30 News sobriety PODCAST LINKS: Website: https://writeofpassage.com/how-i-write Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2DjMSbo... ABOUT THE HOST: I’m David Perell and I’m a writer, teacher, and podcaster. I believe writing online is one of the biggest opportunities in the world today. For the first time in human history, everybody can freely share their ideas with a global audience. I seek to help as many people publish their writing online as possible. How I Write is a podcast by Write of Passage // Production by Adam Soccolich