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Key Takeaways Bradford retired early following his time as ZLINE Kitchen and Bath’s CMO.
But it wasn’t long before he had the idea for a new business: Induction Hardware.
After a product pivot, the business continues to expand and see steady growth.
As the CMO and sole member of ZLINE Kitchen and Bath’s C-suite, Galen Bradford scaled the appliance brand from $6 million to $350 million in annual sales.
Image Credit: Induction Hardware. Galen Bradford.
His success at ZLINE, coming after he founded a mobile software company in 2009, then helped several startups scale, inspired him to retire early — before age 40.
At that point, Bradford and his wife embraced the chance to pursue a lifelong goal: moving abroad with their two young children to the idyllic ski town of Chamonix, France. “ We lived the dream,” Bradford tells Entrepreneur.
However, taking a permanent step back from business was easier said than done.
“ Retirement is hard to do when you’re 39 and have all this energy left and desire to make the world a better place,” Bradford explains.
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