After her successful tennis career, Serena Williams became an investor and she was one of the people speaking this week at TechCrunch Disrup event.
Only 17-years-old Serena Williams was one of the youngest tennis players to ever win a Grand Slam title, but despite winning it only a few years after turning pro, the whole journey towards the major was much longer than what tennis fans saw on TV screens.
During the TechCrunch Disrup event, the 23-time Grand Slam champion was comparing investing to her career when she mentioned that tennis taught her to be very patient.
"Usually when you're investing as early stage as we are, seed and pre-seed, you don't get 100% winners," Williams told the audience. "Sometimes winning isn't about having a unicorn or a $500 million company. Sometimes winning looks different, but you know how winning looks for me— so I'm still working on understanding that balance, that you can't pick 100% winners."
"It did take me 17 years to win my first Grand Slam, so I can wait, I'm good at waiting," said Williams. "I'm patient. We can't have a VC company and not have a foot in Web3 at all, because it is the future but we also want to make sure we're thoughtful about the process."
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