Immigrant Entrepreneur Venkat Kolluri of Cidewalk, Inc.

Venkat Kolluri came to the United States in 1991 to pursue higher education. He describes starting his first business as exciting, challenging and frustrating, but ultimately empowering. When asked about how he feels as an immigrant to America, Kolluri responded, “You come in with the switch turned on, saying ‘I’m going to make an impact. I’m going to drive change.'”