Former tech worker quit his 14-year career to launch a BBQ restaurant and made $

Most people who spend 14 years climbing the tech ladder at companies like Google, Microsoft and Shopify don't walk away to smoke brisket. Salahodeen Abdul-Kafi did, Business Insider reports (1).

Abdul-Kafi opened Kafi BBQ in Irving, Texas, in December 2024 (2) — a halal barbecue restaurant that he says generated just under $2.3 million in total revenue in its first year. He's projecting between $3.6 and $4 million for 2026.

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The road there started with YouTube videos and brisket drops from his house. "I was feeling a little bit disillusioned in tech. I wanted a fresh start," he says. He spent a year doing pop-up sales from home, generating about $60,000 in revenue, then used that foundation to open a brick-and-mortar location.

Abdul-Kafi identified something the Texas barbecue market had largely ignored: an enti

Fuente original: Yahoo Finance (https://finance.yahoo.com/small-business/articles/former-tech-worker-quit-14-090000851.html)