Interview with Venus Williams
Hosted by Sarah Shaw, founder of Sarah Shaw Consulting. This show highlights strategies and stories that support product-based founders through wholesale strategy, boutique outreach, media pitching, and celebrity gifting. Venus shares how discipline and purpose shape her success. Product founders use these traits when they build strong retail strategies.
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Venus Williams on living life as an EleVen
This quote from Venus made my heart sing. I am totally living my life as an EleVen from now on and I’m sure after reading it and listening to her talk about her life, you will too.
It’s time to start living the life you WANT to live, not the one you are settling for.
“The name EleVen represents how I strive to live every day — that is, without limits. In our world, ‘10’ is just another number, but EleVen is a lifestyle – it’s about challenging your status quo, embracing positive change, and pushing beyond whatever is holding you back from living your ideal life. We all have stories about reaching seemingly impossible goals, especially in the face of fear and doubt. Being an EleVen is about making those stories the rule, rather than the exception.” – Venus Williams
Did you know Venus has a clothing line? It’s a super cute line of activewear that is all designed and manufactured in the USA. Check it out here: https://elevenbyvenuswilliams.com/
Join me and Venus as she candidly chats with me about how the discipline of playing tennis has helped her be a better entrepreneur. Venus spent eight years going to Fashion Design School as she could only spend one quarter per year at school because of her tough tennis schedule.
Bravo to her!
Luckily for her, while on the road she can easily connect with her office and stay on top of everything!
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Want to read more about Venus?
On October 31, 1994, a 14-year-old girl, with her hair styled in beads and full of confidence, strode onto the court at Bank of the West Classic in California and transformed tennis.
Today, Venus Williams is one of the most accomplished women in the history of the sport. Having been called “the best athlete in the history of women’s tennis” by Sports Illustrated, Venus has been ranked number one in the world in singles three times in her career, and has captured seven Grand Slam titles, five Wimbledon championships and five Olympic medals — and counting.
Along the way, Venus has also distinguished herself as a student who has pursued higher education, an entrepreneur who has launched and helms two businesses, a designer who creates fashion and interior designs, an investor whose ventures include becoming with her sister the first African-American women to buy shares of an NFL team, an author who has written a best-selling book, and an advocate for gender and pay equality.
The most amazing part is that Venus Williams is just getting started. Click here to read her full story
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