Grant Mitterlehner

Grant Mitterlehner was born and raised in Houston, Texas, and played American football as a young man.⁠[1]

A local sports report that September identified him as a Dickinson High School quarterback ahead of a game against Deer Park.⁠[2]

He played football at Long Beach City College in California before transferring to ASA College in Brooklyn for a better scholarship opportunity.⁠[1]

He recalled transferring to the University of Houston and finding that most previous credits were not accepted, leading him to pursue work. He drove for Uber while applying for sales jobs, obtained a commission-based role and saved toward starting a business.⁠[3]

He founded residential solar company MittGroup. Inc.’s company profile records 2020 as its founding year and names him as its leader.⁠[3][4]

He recalled shifting toward phone and Zoom sales in new markets after the pandemic disrupted in-person selling. His company later described this period as MittGroup’s expansion across the United States.⁠[1][5]

He hosts The Grant Mitt Podcast, discussing business, sales, psychology and decision-making through solo episodes and guest interviews. It is distributed through Apple Podcasts, Spotify and YouTubeYouTubeYouTube is Google’s video-sharing and creator platform, founded in 2005 by Steve Chen, Chad Hurley, and Jawed Karim and acquired by Google in 2006. Built around video uploading, viewing, and creator earnings, the platform has developed Shorts, YouTube Music, Premium, YouTube TV, and products for children, and is headquartered in San Bruno, California, United States.Open the full entry.⁠[6][7]

School of Hard Knocks published its “10 Questions with a Millionaire” interview, introducing him as CEO of MittGroup and Mitt Blockchain and discussing motivation, risk, sales, team building and burnout.⁠[8]

He publicly announced his selection among Houston Business Journal’s Most Admired CEOs for the year, thanking his MittGroup team.⁠[9]

MittGroup ranked 43rd on the Inc. Regionals Southwest list. The listing concerns company growth rather than personal wealth.⁠[4]

He spoke at TEDxAvantika University in Ujjain, India, addressing access to information needed for personal and business development.⁠[10][5]

A School of Hard Knocks newsletter covered his School of Mentors community discussion on credibility in personal branding and business development.⁠[1]

His company Mitt Media provides growth advisory services covering customer acquisition, sales, teams and operating processes. Its podcast website lists guests including Grant Cardone, Dean GraziosiDean GraziosiDean Graziosi is an author, entrepreneur, real-estate educator and cofounder of Mastermind. He moved from automobile and property ventures into books, television direct marketing and online courses. His works include Totally Fulfilled, Be a Real Estate Millionaire and Millionaire Success Habits, and he collaborates with Tony Robbins on entrepreneurship and AI training.Open the full entry, Dan MartellDan MartellDan Martell is a Canadian entrepreneur, angel investor, and business coach who founded and sold three software companies: Spheric Technologies, Flowtown, and the mentor advice platform Clarity. He then founded SaaS Academy, a coaching program for software company founders, and is the author of Buy Back Your Time.Open the full entry, Anna Paulina Luna and Suneera Madhani.⁠[5][7]

Mitt Media website: https://mittmedia.net/ (opens in a new window). Personal X: https://x.com/Grantmitt (opens in a new window). Personal YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@grantmitt (opens in a new window). LinkedInLinkedInLinkedIn is a social networking platform for professionals. It was founded in 2002 by Reid Hoffman and others, launched in 2003, and listed on the New York Stock Exchange in 2011; after Microsoft acquired it for approximately $26.2 billion in 2016, it became a wholly owned Microsoft subsidiary. Its revenue comes from membership subscriptions, advertising, and recruitment solutions.Open the full entry: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grant-mitterlehner (opens in a new window).⁠[5][11][12][13]