Mitch Russo started his public life as the lead guitarist of a rock band called Absolutely Free. Since then, Mitch has been quite productive. 

In 1985, Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, with Neil Rice Ayer, which grew to become the largest time tracking software company in the world. In 1994, Timeslips Corp was sold to Sage and Mitch became the company's Chief Operating Officer.

Mitch was nominated for Inc. Magazine's "Entrepreneur of the Year" on two separate occasions and Won "Best Entrepreneur" in 1989.

Mitch joined longtime friend Chet Holmes as President, later to join forces with Tony Robbins and together created Business Breakthroughs, Int'l, a company serving thousands of businesses a year with coaching, consulting and training services. Mitch was the President and CEO. 

Mitch is the author of several books and now serves as the CEO of MindfulGuidance, LLC.