Meet The $100 Million Dollar App Developer | Alan Wong's Rags To Riches Story

TL;DR

A friend of the speaker set a goal to make $10M in three months, studied app-store examples proving it possible, and is now experiencing hockey-stick growth (from $100/day to $9,000/day in two weeks). Separately, app developer Alan Wong built 2–3 apps (Five O Radio, Police Scanner Plus, another top-100 app) with near-zero employees, achieved 20 million downloads by 2012, and has been verified on t

Key insights

• Asking “How do I make $10M in three months?” forces the brain to generate answers, which initially struggle but improve when concrete examples are provided.
• The friend’s daily revenue chart went from $100 → $500 → $1,000 → $3,000 → projected $9,000/day in two weeks, with nothing changed except letting growth continue.
• The speaker had never heard anyone state a goal of making a specific amount in three months; typical goals were either “build a billion-dollar company” or “get a high-paying job.”