Posted by Adam

Saturday August 21, 2010

VENUS Williams wants to be a businesswoman!

The sexy sports star — who is the Founder and CEO of EleVen, an athletic and casual clothing line, and V Starr Interiors, an interior design company — says she’ll spend more time focusing on her various ventures when she retires from tennis.

“I’m looking forward to obviously more time off the court and more time in the business too,” she said.

Williams recently launched her new book, Come To Win, and says she enjoyed working on the tome.

“Absolutely. I enjoyed working on it,” she said. “We worked on it for close to two years. We created a wish list of people to interview, and we were just so happy when people would say yes. We’d always jump for joy and high-five. It was great.

“I was nervous at every interview because you want to make sure you get the information, you ask questions right and that you don’t step on people when they’re talking. All those things, you worry about them beforehand. After the interview would be over, it was a breath of relief.

“I didn’t [get more comfortable], because I was just so nervous about whether or not we’d get enough questions answered to make the story.

“It was tough every time because everyone is so busy, such crazy schedules. For them to make time, and hopefully get enough information — that was probably my biggest worry.”

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