“If I had set my goal 6 years ago to have 150k a year I would thrown away that project. So my first goal was not to get the million dollars but to have a random person who I don't know download the app. Since it was a side project monetization can come afterwards. Users first monetization later.”

Pick A Tiny Early Goal — Users First, Monetization Later — Or You Will Quit

Chris says picking the wrong goal would have killed the project early. Instead of chasing revenue, his first milestone was a single stranger downloading the app, which kept the bar low enough to keep shipping for years.