If you can go fast, no one will ever catch up.This seems to be Google's approach -- deliver new functionality as a blistering pace and run rings around your bureaucratic and slothful competition. Levchin says there's no substitute for putting in frequent all-nighters for a cause you believe in (and that will make you millions).
More from Levchin:
Can you strike the fear of God into your competitors by releasing every two weeks the features that takes them three months to write? And by the time they're done copying the features that you built last week, you've got three more months on them? It's really all about execution.The full interview is 60 minutes, and worth every minute. But if you want to skip to this quote, go to minute 56 or so.