87: A Founder of Business Breakthroughs Recalls the Power of “I’ll Show You!”

Discover Your Talent–Do What You Love

Don Hutcheson

Entrepreneur, Turningpoints, Self-improvement, Careers, Business, Career, Education, Inspirational, Inspiring, Entrepreneurs

5 • 618 Ratings

🗓️ 1 September 2015

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Mitch Russo co-founded Timeslips Corporation, the largest time tracking software company in the world. He pioneered the virtual organization with Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins, co-creating Business Breakthroughs International, with nearly 300 people and about $25M in sales. In 2013 he wrote the bestseller, “The Invisible Organization,” a guide for fully virtual organizations. As an applications engineer right after college, Mitch noticed the sales reps were earning three times as much as he was. He asked his boss about going into sales and was told, “Great salesmen are born, not made.” Mitch thought, “I’ll show you,” and proceeded to build a $10 million company.

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0:00.0	Hello, world.
0:11.2	Welcome to discover your talent, do what you love.
0:14.2	I'm creator and host, Don Hutchison.
0:16.6	Every day I interview someone from around the world who has discovered his talents to do work he loves to create a life of success, satisfaction, and freedom.
0:27.2	Today I'm delighted to bring you our featured guest, Mitch Rousseau.
0:31.2	Welcome, Mitch.
0:32.3	Thank you, Don.
0:33.3	Glad to be here.
0:34.3	Thank you, sir.
0:35.2	Quick question, are you using your talents doing work that you love? Absolutely. We want to hear the whole story. Thank you, sir. Quick question. Are you using your talents doing work that you love?
0:38.7	Absolutely.
0:39.8	We want to hear the whole story.
0:41.6	Mitch Russo co-founded Time Slips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking software
0:47.8	company in the world before it was sold to Sage PLC in 1998.
0:53.4	Then Mitch went on to join longtime friend Chet Holmes as president,
0:57.9	later to join forces with Tony Robbins and together created Business Breakthroughs International
1:03.0	with nearly 300 people and about 25 million in sales. In 2013, Mitch began writing The Invisible Organization, which is the CEO's guide to transitioning
1:15.2	a traditional brick and mortar company into a fully virtual organization. It became an
1:20.4	Amazon bestseller earlier this year. Congratulations on great work, Mitch. If you would
1:25.6	please take a minute and bring our listeners up to date on what has you engaged and fascinated today.
1:31.1	Well, Don, it's been a pleasure to have taken this experience forward with writing the book and then getting it out there and working with clients.
1:42.0	So for me, the joy that I get from watching someone who spends time with me and learns
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