Jean-Jean Pelletier of GrapeStars: 5 Things I Wish Someone Told Me Before I Became A Founder

Respect timing — There are no shortcuts to success. There will be moments in business where your decision making will be tested and this is where you have to practice patience and be calculated, rather than making snap decisions with the hope that success will be achieved quicker.

As part of my series about the leadership lessons of accomplished business leaders, I had the pleasure of interviewing Jean-Jean Pelletier.

Considered by his peers as a natural, inspirational, visionary leader and master networker, Jean-Jean Pelletier is a proud father and serial entrepreneur that has launched numerous startup companies.

Over the last few years, with all the ups and down of entrepreneurship, Mr. Pelletier has focused on ventures within the mobile e-commerce sector. Along with his younger brother Robert, a genius mind for design and corporate image, he co-founded STARSHOP, an online marketplace for celebrity products with Kevin Harrington, television shopping pioneer, inventor of the infomercial and original investor from the ABC television show “Shark Tank.” The…