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Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Pradeep Mokal: I had worked as an emplolyee for more than a decade, then to explore more in my core skills, I have opted for a business, I was into sales, marketing & advertising industry, mainly in Exhibition Industry, Hence had gone through larger scale of social, economical, geographical, cultural and behaviorial patterns of consumers across India. To get most out of these experiences and to excel in the industry I have started with my own Business Solution Company. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Nishi Adds Solutions Private Limited Pradeep Mokal: We Nishi Adds Solutions Private Limited incorporated in Year 2013, and delivering growth through Agile Business Strategy, Business Development & Business Management services to our clients. Great Companies: What makes Nishi Adds Solutions Private Limited different from hundreds of other Business Solutions Providers? Pradeep Mokal: We at Nishi Adds Solutions Private Limited believes that each Business is Unique at its core, beside that it comes from a same industry or region or any particular aspect of Business. Hence there is a mix of Art, Commerce and Science needed to grow that particular business, means thare are some set methods, some rules of give & get, some commerce factors which are templates to follow and can be worked as a presciption, but the main factor is Art of Doing business, and this only thing can change the growth parametere drasctically, this one thing is our forte, we provide customised solutions to out client along with the prescribed formulas which help them to grow exponantially and in a right way. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Pradeep Mokal: In intial days, organizations was seeking for a Proof of Success, where we were just starting, we didn't had any, similaraly they ask for a background, being non-business background they thought our company doesn't understand their business and it may take much time for it. This was a tough phase for us to gain trust of the business owners. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Nishi Adds Solutions Private Limited? Pradeep Mokal: We are aiming to be the top Business Solutions providing company by year 2025 in MSME Sector of Maharashtra, then in decade we can go for PAN India. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Pradeep Mokal: We say, what one can imagine is a reality in its own, to make it happen one just need to transform from person to personality, man to manpower, Conceptualization to Actualization, thought to implementation.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S: I have always been fascinated by the business and always have a thought to do something for the mankind . As I am not from any businessmen family, I thought about work and gained some experience about how business is running. Then after having spent more then 10 years in Pharmaceutical & Food Nutrition field, I wanted to start my own organisation where we will focus more on Make Healthy world as we are into the pharmaceutical & Food Nutrition industry. We always pride ourselves on delivering Best quality service and value addition to our clients thereby exceeding their expectations with the right time. So it was always in the back of my mind to go along the path of entrepreneurship and create Healthy world . Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Laviska Nutrition Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S : Team of Laviska Nutrition created aim to Global presence . We are providing world class Quality products like Super champ multivitamin gummy Super woman multivitamin gummy Laviska Nutrition classic crunchy peanut butter Laviska Nutrition classic creamy peanut butter Laviska Nutrition organic Natural creamy peanut butter Laviska Nutrition organic Natural crunchy peanut butter Great Companies: What makes Laviska Nutrition different from hundreds of other Food & Nutrition Firms? Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S: As the name suggest, we are unique & Different from other company . We are competing & doing Fulfil our customers expectations & Demand .We have our own path to follow to create new milestone everyday.We provide the desired & unique products for our customers. For us our every customer is important. We provide Best Quality products & services and support. This is what makes us different from hundreds of other Food and Nutrition Companies. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S : As Beginner of New organisation at that time it was very challenging situation for us to make strong presence in market . Because our concept is new and it’s was not easily acceptable by our customers. So we have started awareness and Deliver Product USP to the customers. Distribution channel also challenging Because Big distributors were not ready to stand with us . But Finally we won the trust of customers & Distributor by doing Hard work and make our brand successful. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Laviska Nutrition? Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S : As a entrepreneur I would to say Our Team wish to retain our position as a matured professional organisation. This means our planing are thoughtful and are well Growing. This would lead smooth operation and delightful experience for our customers. 5 years down, being a matured organisation we would be attracting more fruitful and complex lead. These would help us to sharpen our saw almost every day and will improve our learning curve consistently .We will be taking new challenges only when we would have a unrivalled value proposition to the clients. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Bhatt Dharmeshkumar S : There is either Yes or No to do anything for all. If it's a yes, you are about to enter an industry 'Food And Nutrition ‘ you should be highly passionate about it. With passion comes creativity and endless innovations. Like every idea is obvious but how to make it great is something that comes with years of experience and learning.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Rupali Alankar Mhatre : I was working as a secondary school teacher till after marriage. Once we were blessed with children we decided to keep our children on top of the priority list. So working as a full time secondary teacher was out of question. However I wanted to work too. So we as a couple started brain storming on an idea which would blend both, my passion as a teacher and mother too. While we were still in the process of thinking a way out; my husband came across a friend (Shilpa) who was running a preschool of her own. She had a teacher’s requirement and I was selected for the job. Shilpa was kind enough to allow me with my children which was one of my conditions to work. This turned out to be a very good option as now I was following my passion to work as a teacher with my children around me. After working with Shilpa for a few months I learnt the traits of the business and gained a lot of confidence. When my husband provoked me to start our own Preschool I agreed in a jiffy. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Tender Wonder Preschool Rupali Alankar Mhatre : Various services provided by us as of now are:- Preschool (Playgroup, Nursery, Jr. KG and Sr. KG), Day Care, Tuitions, Dance Class and Drawing Class. Great Companies: What makes Tender Wonder Preschool different from hundreds of other Preschools ? Rupali Alankar Mhatre : 1] At Tender Wonder Preschool we believe that a teacher is and should be like a second mother to the child. We (all the teachers) take care and love the children as our own, to the extent that we do not have the concept of Mavshi (the lady who is employed for cleaning and washing children after attending their natures call) in our school. Everything, right from teaching, entertaining, feeding or even cleaning/washing the children is done by the teachers and we have a very strong reason for doing so. This way teachers are 100% involved with the children throughout. Here are a few more points that make us unique. 2] “Child Sex Abuse and We” – A free training workshop conducted for parents every year. 3] “Mastering the Art of Modern Day Parenting” – Another free workshop conducted for parents every year. 4] Everything right from the bag, books, uniform, pencil, eraser, lunch box, water bottle notebooks, crayons, craft materials…. anything that is needed throughout the year is provided by the school at no additional cost. 5] Sports, Picnic, Field visits Birthday Celebrations, Festival Celebrations, and Various Competitions for children as well as for parents are also part of the curriculum. 6] While junk food is a complete no-no in the school tiffin box and a food chart is provided to the parents so that children can have a healthy and balanced diet; Friday snacks are on us. 7] Apart from the affordable academic fees that they pay; not even a single paisa extra is asked from the parents throughout the year for any reason what so ever. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Rupali Alankar Mhatre : 1] Initially we faced lot of challenges. After the thought of starting our own preschool was finalised the biggest challenge to overcome was space. We did not have the required finance to buy or rent a commercial place. So we decided to start at home. 2] We stay on the fifth floor and the lift used to keep stopping every now and then due to electricity issues. So we (I with the help of my husband) decided to pick and drop the children from the ground floor to the fifth floor and vice versa as and when required. 3] We had no students to start with so we decided to ring each and every bell of the home in our society to identify and convince prospects. 4] Finding vendors within my small budget and requirement was a task and a lot of time, energy and efforts went in here. 5] We finally stared with four students one of them been my own younger son (Saksham). Today with the kind of image and position that Tender Wonder Preschool has created for itself in the last 8 years it is a much smoother road to run. One challenge is on-going though……Managing my own growing children, their increasing demands and managing my home along with the school (Not to forget I am a mother and wife too) – I take pride in calling myself a home maker along with been called a teacher, principle or owner of a popular school) Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Tender Wonder Preschool? Rupali Alankar Mhatre : Honestly speaking I am living the moment and enjoying every minute spent at Tender Wonder Preschool with my children, parents and staff. I have no big five year plan in mind but would definitely have another branch of Tender Wonder Preschool in the years to come. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Rupali Alankar Mhatre : A] Be passionate about what you are doing, if you are not do something else. B] There is no option to hard work and consistent efforts; study and prepare yourself well. C] Remember you are serving not only the parents but also the children and service comes straight from the heart not the brain. D] Finally love and enjoy what you do and the parents and children will love you too.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Sunil Kumar Swain: I have always been fascinated by the business and always have a thought to do something for the people. As I am not from any businessmen family, I thought about work and gained some experience about how business is running. Then after having spent 10+ years in immigration field, I wanted to start my own organization where we will focus more on customer satisfaction as we are into the customer service industry. We always pride ourselves on delivering quality service and value addition to our clients thereby exceeding their expectations with the right time. So it was always in the back of my mind to go along the path of entrepreneurship and create jobs in India. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Swainz Overseas Careers Sunil Kumar Swain: Swainz™ Overseas Careers is an Indian based Immigration and Visa Consultant located in Hyderabad, India. Swainz™ is an assured immigration consultant providing quality solutions in excellent visa processing service. We as a team come from the immigration field having more than a decade experience on the same and we always value our clients’ time. Swainz™ provides solutions and services for all requirements towards the Immigration, Overseas Education, Visit Visa, and all Other Visa Services across the globe. We deal with countries like Canada, Australia, USA, UK, Denmark, Hong Kong, South Africa, and Other European & Middle East Countries. Our Services: Free Career Counseling Immigration Visa Documentation Guidance International Admissions International Resume and Cover Letter Preparation Resume Marketing Service Online IELTS Training Great Companies: What makes Swainz Overseas Careers different from hundreds of other immigration and visa consultants? Sunil Kumar Swain: Swainz™ is all about the NEW BEGINNING. We always pride ourselves on delivering quality service and value addition to our clients thereby exceeding their expectations with the right time. We understand our clients’ needs and deliver as per their requirements towards the Immigrations and Visa Services, so we execute with excellence always. We succeed when we make our clients' dreams successful. We collaborate to sharpen our insights and amplify this success. We always treat our clients with respect. We care for an open environment where clients’ are encouraged to learn, share and grow towards their immigration requirement. Here at Swainz, your personal and professional needs are kept into consideration before recommending a required visa for applicants. Our highly expert consulting professionals are there to study your profile thoroughly and counsel you as per your future aspirations. We always assure you that once you talk to our consulting professionals then all your doubts and queries will take a back seat and you'll just want to be proactive enough to complete all the process at the earliest so that you can take a flight to your dream country ASAP. Swainz can assist you by giving you a clear picture of the immigration environment, your options and the steps to take further. Once you have a better understanding, then you can decide whether you would like to give a chance to our team to handle your full application. Swainz always believes in End-To-End ONE-STOP-SERVICES, So that we come with Our Pre & Post landing services. This is an added advantage in your new country to settle smoothly. We are providing you with Resume Marketing Services, pickup assistance, and accommodation assistance etc. We'll be there for you till you are permanently settled in the respected country. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sunil Kumar Swain: As a first generation entrepreneur, it was always a struggle against loved ones initially due to a shift in mindset that is required for you to become an entrepreneur. Over the years, family has been truly supportive and has backed me to succeed. Being a small company, we are usually judged by our clients about not having more branches in different cities. As we are living in an online world where physical presence is not required all the time and our team has the best minds that are creative & smart enough to deal with clients. Once they understand what service we bring to the table, then they treat us at par with our much bigger competitors. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Swainz Overseas Careers? Sunil Kumar Swain: We are very much excited about our future and have been working on team and branch expansion. We are ready with the new product and services as per the market requirement. As we have a very strong team and we work with registered immigration lawyers for respective countries to provide best service to our clients. Swainz™ has set a Vision is to make an appearance to become a Global Brand of Trust in Immigration industry. In the next 5 years, we truly look to be a global leader in immigration industry by expanding our presence in PAN India and abroad. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Sunil Kumar Swain: Start the business for all the right reasons. Some of the right reasons being - You feel for the cause, you feel for the topic, you are passionate about it and money is not the right reason. Feed your business more rather than feeding yourself. Time is the most precious element of life and business. You might fail. Success will not look like what you have in mind and is only achievable if you don’t give up as you will fail along the way. Failing is only the end if you quit, so always keep focused on your goal. Website: www.swainz.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/swainzoverseas/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/swainzoverseas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/swainzoverseas/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwainzOverseas YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SwainzOverseas

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Padmapani Tilwe : We were lucky to be working in one of the country's fastest growing organisation in commercial design. Hence it was an obvious choice to start with a niche and specialise in commercial design. We started our practice in 2003. That was the golden period and economy was on upswing. India was shinning. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Worksphere Architects Padmapani Tilwe: Having started with Commercial design, Today Worksphere is entrusted by its clients to design Industrial Parks, R & D Center and Labs,Commercial & Retail Spaces. We clearly work in niche and work with exclusive clientel Great Companies: What makes Worksphere Architects different from hundreds of other Architecture Firms? Padmapani Tilwe: We offer Quality at an affordable price. Over years from an efficiency driven firm we are evolved to be a matured firm. With experience we can engineer a design to produce best quality and performance at an affordable price. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Padmapani Tilwe: Our biggest Challenge is our marketing and sales ability. By default we are designers and not marketers. We have a limited reach and exposure to new leads. All our clients are through refferals and we have organically grown. This has resulted in modest growth and not an exponential one Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Worksphere Architects? Padmapani Tilwe: We wish to retain our position as a matured organisation. This means our designs are thoughful and are well controlled. This would lead smooth operation and delightful experience for our clients. 5 years down, being a matured organisation we would be attracting more complex projects. These would help us to sharpen our saw almost every day and will improve our learning curve consistently .We will be taking projects only when we would have a unrivalled value proposition to the client. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Padmapani Tilwe: I would advice younger designers to think big. Think! Why design industry has not produced young Le Corbusier or Charles Correa or Hafeez Contractor, unlike IT industry which produced Mark Zuckerberg and Young Steve Jobs. This is because we dont think big enough. Webiste : https://www.workspherearchitects.com/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Shuvam Panda: My career has always been in software & marketing. Since my childhood I was very interested and did explore about IT knowledge, I was always sure that I will start my own company as from class 3 I have started my journey in business. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by The Unique Culture Shuvam Panda: All kind software service, starting from ERP, CRM , Hospital Management, College Management , AR & VR , e-commerce, digital Marketing, Mobile application, Graphics design, logo Design and many more related to this. Great Companies: What makes The Unique Culture different from hundreds of other IT Companies? Shuvam Panda: As the name suggest, we are unique. We are not competing with any other companies. We have our own path to follow to create new milestone day by day.We provide the desired & unique design for our clients. For us our every each customer is important. We provide Best client service and support. This is what makes us different from hundreds of other IT Companies. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Shuvam Panda: In this 9 years of journey we have faced so many obstacles, during my startup period due to less amount of funding we got little exposure in marketing. We faced other struggles as well. Day by day we learnt and grew. This is really a Roller coaster ride. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for The Unique Culture? Shuvam Panda: We obey the only agenda to serve our customer so that we will make us grow in the future. And if I tell you about 5 years before, at that time we had a single cabin office and a single Branch only in Bhubaneswar with very minimal knowledge. But in this 9 year we have learnt so many things. So did we grew. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Shuvam Panda: 1Peace of advise that have a clear vision of where you want to go and the timeline for getting there & automatically your surrounding will change.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Dishant Gandhi: When the lockdown hit in early 2020, we realized this is going to change the education system for good. There were two imminent problems: online live classes and online assessments. The live classes market was already dominated by free products from Google, Microsoft and Zoom. On the other hand, there was no go-to assessment platform. Online assessments was not a new concept that the pandemic brought to the forefront. In fact, all major competitive exams were already online even before COVID. The irony was the preparation for them was happening offline via pen-paper based tests. We researched this space further to figure out 3 major pain points: Product experience: Most of the products that were popular, were not very easy to use. Pricing: In the era where it takes only Rs7/km to reach Mars, online tests were priced at Rs10-50/attempt. Limited Language Support: One could only create tests in English (at max in Hindi). We decided these are the problems we want to solve. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Gradeazy Dishant Gandhi: We have a cutting edge platform that helps anybody conduct stress-free online assessments. The major use-cases we solve include school and college-level exams, scholarship or entrance exams and assessments as part of hiring. We have recently seen YouTubers using our platform as an additional tool to monetize their audience. Our assessments can include provisions for proctoring, time-bound attempts, coding questions, open registration attempts with a system-integrated paid signup process. We also support 25+ languages with the provision to dictate and type your tests. In line with the new education policy, we also have provisions to get audio and video as an answer's response. The best part of all is one can truly white-label our solution and get it API integrated with any existing solution that they use, something like an ERP or LMS. Great Companies: What makes Gradeazy different from hundreds of other Education SaaS Platforms? Dishant Gandhi: We identify ourselves more as a Platform as a service (PaaS) rather than Software as a Service (SaaS). We are probably one of the best modular platforms out there right now. The beauty of our platform is that it can be customized to suit a specific use case that the user is trying to solve. The platform only shows what you need and nothing else and all of this can actually be done by the end-user themselves. We realized that it's the test creators that will make or break our platform and which is why we have ensured that their experience is as smooth as possible. A big differentiator is also our pricing model which works on a pay-as-you-use model rather than a typical per-user pricing model that most of the edtech SaaS platforms have. Not just that we also help save 90% of costs over existing solutions. Our typical per attempt cost starts at just Re1. A testament to this is the fact that our platform is being used by home tutors teaching 10-20 students to colleges with over 5000 students. We also boast of a 90% repeat billing rate! Something not a lot other platforms can do. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Dishant Gandhi: We started Gradeazy back in 2018, with the idea to digitize the offline exams in a way that would help students take better data-driven decisions. Unfortunately, after almost a year of trying, we weren't able to achieve product-market-fit. And we eventually decided to shelve our first product. Currently, Gradeazy (or as we internally call it Gradeazy 2.0) is our second attempt at entrepreneurship, trying to learn from our past mistakes, making new ones and hopefully making better choices this time. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Gradeazy? Dishant Gandhi: We have been successful at building an amazing product that our users in India love. We want to get the same love from across the globe. Interestingly we have some users here who were using products from Australia, Sweden and US and have transitioned to Gradeazy to never look at them again. The founding team also comes from a blue-collar recruitment background and understands the space and problems in the space really well. We believe that our platform can revolutionize the space for good. We are already in beta testing with our product for hiring. We will be going live in a couple of weeks. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Dishant Gandhi: Now is the time! Just go for it. Take the plunge. If risk is something you can't afford, join a team that is building something that you are passionate about.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Suuresh Ramachandran : There was never any great idea. My entire career is built on limitations. I was a mediocre copywriter not getting anywhere in advertising. So I quit. The only thing to do after advertising is Films. And I was desperate to come back to Mumbai from Hyderabad where I was then working. So that was the idea. I recently read this book ‘Built to Last : Successful Habits of Visionary Companies’ by James C. Collins and Jerry I. Porras. ‘Built to Last’ is an examination of 18 visionary companies and 18 other companies which are great too, but not as great as the visionary companies. Quoting directly from ‘Built to Last’ by Collins and Porras: Myth 1: It takes a great idea to start a great company. Reality: Starting a company with a “great idea” might be a bad idea. Few of the visionary companies began life with a great idea. In fact, some began life without any specific idea and a few even life without any specific idea and a few even began with outright failures. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Eye-Q Films Suuresh Ramachandran : Who we are and what we do. ✔VIDEO AGENCY: The widest range of Video services under one roof. ✔CORPORATE VIDEOS: Here I am Producer-Writer-Director. Our position is, 'When you want the world's best Corporate Video, we'd like you to think of us.' ✔TVCs and BRAND FILMS: We have award-winning Directors on our Panel, with myself as Creative Producer. ✔EVOLVING INTEGRATED MEDIA HOUSE: Production House, AR,VR, MR, In-film Branding, Sri Lakshmi TeleFilms, Eye-Q Films institute, Eye-Q Films MediCell, Eye-Q Rural, Eye-Q DigitaL, Eye-Q Events, Eye-Q PR, Eye-Q Music, Eye-Q Media, Eye-Q Raj, Eye-Q LRF - CSR ✔DIRECT RESPONSE COPYWRITING: Learning from the masters Claude Hopkins, John Caples, David Ogilvy, Joe Sugarman, Gary Halbert, Gary Bancivenga, Eugene Schwartz ✔IN THE MOULD OF THE BIG 5 STUDIOS, working in and from Hollywood, doing Films completely under our banner, with funding from Corporates in lieu of in-film branding. Great Companies: What makes Eye-Q Films different from hundreds of other Media Houses? Suuresh Ramachandran : There are Media Houses much much bigger than ours. A number of those Media and Production Houses I admire very much. However, even we have a niche. For one, I am quite sure that we offer the largest range of creative video services under one roof. We will never ever tell a client, “This job is too small for us”. Further, in any industry, one can create a competitive advantage by superior turnaround times. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Suuresh Ramachandran : Scaling up. Hiring. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Eye-Q Films? Suuresh Ramachandran : We fancy ourselves in the mould of the Big 5 Studios - Universal Studios, Paramount, Warner Brothers Columbia Pictures, MGM, 20th Century Fox - working in and from Hollywood, doing Films completely under our banner, with funding from Corporates in lieu of in-film branding. I've acquired a sense of content relative to budgets, or a sense of budgets relative to content. E.g. most films of Alfred Hitchcock, at today's costs, can be made inside Rs 20 lakhs or $30,000. With Films | TV | Advertising | VR AR MR | Events under one roof, you can expect humongous activity at Eye-Q Films. (Yes, there are 6 names in our list of Big 5 Studios. This is because the popular term is ‘Big 5’ and does not include MGM. For us, MGM is big too, so we include MGM in our list) Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Suuresh Ramachandran : The most important career decision - in fact, I’d go so far as to say that this is not just the most important career decision, this is the possibly the most important life decision. It’s as follows: By the time you are 17 or 18, or at least 21-22 years of age, you must decide whether: You want a fixed regular monthly remuneration. Or You are comfortable with irregular income. If you don’t take this decision properly, I fear and caution that you could keep going from one thing to another all your life. The big decision is not whether you want to be a lawyer, for example. The bigger decision is whether you want to be a Corporate lawyer or you want to do private practice. 1, 2, maximum 3 years are the make or break years after you come out of college, with whatever education you have taken. Wish you the best.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Ishan Lakhina: I always wanted to create stories and was fascinated by the whole process of filming and editing. So, I started back in 2007 while doing my graduation and started making docu-dramas on social causes. Those were early days that gave fuel to my mind and passion to my soul to pursue a career in Advertising. I developed content + Digital strategies for clients like Maldives Tourism, Grand Hyatt Kochi, Rio Fusion Drink, Lapp India, Gera Developers, Sony TV, Bonobology, Axis Bank etc.. and worked as a consultant in Digital Advertising for brands and agencies based out of Mumbai, Pune, Kochi and Gurgaon. After spending over 8 years of an admirable chapter of my career I started Quack Quack Communications in 2018. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Quack Quack Communications Ishan Lakhina: Based out of Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh, Quack Quack Communications is a full-service advertising agency specialises in Digital + Social Media marketing. A trusted creative agency for top-tier digital advertisers reaching millions of consumers each month. We integrate brand & analytics into content production and are committed to making premium branded content. We develop and implement branding solutions that are genuine, thoughtful and original. We also identify the business's media and marketing weaknesses and provide actionable feedback to strengthen its presence in a real way that translates into a business objective. Great Companies: What makes Quack Quack Communications different from hundreds of other Advertising Agencies? Ishan Lakhina: At our core lies, 'Storytelling' and 'Innovation'. We create brand stories in many content formats (basically content marketing) adapted for each social media platform to get maximum reach, optimised for each channel and target audience. Apart from having in-house writing and designing expertise, we work with freelance artists and production houses on individual projects to explore 'never seen before' like creatives and stories. We have a network of 2500+ influencers from all over India to make any content piece viral in a go. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Ishan Lakhina: There are two sides to it, Client's Budget (challenge) and 'Passionate Resources' (struggle) and with necessity comes the 'Invention'. There is always a way to make it happen. We find our best possible way to deal with any situation that comes by. We adapt, adopt and adore any kind of situation to make it happen. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Quack Quack Communications? Ishan Lakhina: Since our inception in 2018, we have had a chance to work with many national and international clients to say; Miss & Mister Supranational UK 2019, Luxe Auto UK, IIID India: Showcase Bhopal & NATCON, Dilip Buildicon, MK Gabino, handles a few Bollywood celebrity profiles and more. Our exclusive content strategies and media capabilities make it a unique proposition for advertisers to work with us. Our horizon is getting bigger day by day as we explore more content generating tools and experts to collaborate with in future. We have a content production studio in a queue to open by next year, so to have high-resolution photoshoots and videos made in-house at a matchless speed and unbounded facilities that will not only save time but also has a cost to it (remember the challenge). Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Ishan Lakhina: There is either Yes or No to do anything. If it's a yes, you are about to enter an industry 'Media and Communication' you should be highly passionate about it. With passion comes creativity and endless innovations. Like every idea is obvious but how to make it great is something that comes with years of experience and learning. So whatever it may be writing, designing or crafting should be everlasting that the world can look up to.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Sunit Kumar: While preparing for IITs, I used to ponder over how teachers should be using the new age technology to make learning more engaging and interesting for students. How it would improve the pedagogy and make the whole learning process fun for students. After completing my engineering and working with various software MNCs, interacting with my colleagues in the office and observing them I realised that something seriously needs to be done to change the whole teaching and learning process. This led to the idea of being an edupreneur. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Edukosh Services Private Limited Sunit Kumar: We provide online and offline coaching for IIT JEE, NEET, SAT and Foundation for class 6th to 10th. We are one of the first institutes having hybrid classrooms with cutting edge technology. We are having our own LMS where we offer students all the resources needed during day to day preparation. We also have our own testing platform similar to NTA where students can practice all the mock tests. Great Companies: What makes Edukosh Services Private Limited different from hundreds of other EdTech Firms ? Sunit Kumar: We are different from hundreds of other EdTech firms in our approach. We have a student centric approach where we try to help students in all possible ways. We not only provide coaching for various exams but we also motivate them to achieve their full potential. Our faculties act as a life coach for students, where they guide them to achieve success without any pressure. We also focus on inner strength and meditation to keep them calm during their preparation. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sunit Kumar: It is very hard to find good team members who have a hunger to do something out of the way for educating young minds to achieve their full potential. We have a very dedicated team but to expand we need many more people in our team who are passionate towards educating young minds and help them think differently. Teaching is not a job but it is a passion, but it is sad to see people just taking it as another job. Only struggle and challenge that we face is to put together a dedicated team who takes every Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Edukosh Services Private Limited? Sunit Kumar: In future we plan to launch many web and mobile applications targeting all the exams for admissions into foreign universities like SAT, GRE, GMAT, ACT, TOEFL etc. Platform for learning languages like English, Hindi, Sanskrit, French, German, Spanish. Platform to learn GK, Logical Reasoning etc. Five years down the line we look to be one of the leading EdTech companies. We would also launch online counselling for students to fight depression and work on mental health. Online counselling for subject choice throughout the world. One stop shop for all the educational needs. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Sunit Kumar: Start early as soon as you pass out from college or high school. Start planning while studying with like minded fellow students, best teams are made in the college only. As you grow old the responsibilities start mounting on you and it becomes difficult to bring like minded people together on one platform.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Marazban Bharucha : Having over 22 years experience in Corporates & Multinationals in the Sales & Marketing arena, I believe I have gained enough experience & knowledge in the field of Sales, Distribution, Channel Management, that I can help & guide start ups who have great technical knowledge but lack enough knowledge & understanding on Go To Market Strategy for their products. Small companies do not have the budget to recruit expensive & experienced professionals who can guide them & hand hold them through the Sales Operations, so as a Consultant I offer them my time in line with their available resources. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Kampz Consulting Marazban Bharucha : Kampz Consulting is a company that provides Sales & Marketing guidance & support to MSMEs be it in the retail market or be it on the Digital Platform. Great Companies: What makes Kampz Consulting different from hundreds of other Business Consulting Firms? Marazban Bharucha : Kampz Consulting does not take more than 5 companies in hand at any time. This provides quality time & customised solutions for companies based on not just their products & markets, but also their USPs & the profile of their sales team. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Marazban Bharucha : I will not call it struggle / challenge, however sometimes when I have my hands full, based on clients who are with me, its difficult to tell a new client that I will not be able to take them aboard. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Kampz Consulting? Marazban Bharucha : The way the Digital platform is growing & the number of startups grow, there will be lesser & lesser professionals who can guide the new set of Entrepreneurs the Go To Market strategy for Brick & Mortar Distribution, the challenges of large sales team, the challenges of geographical reach. Companies that learn these rulesets fast will be winners in the long run. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Marazban Bharucha : For an Entrepreneur who is starting I will say - Dont look out for products with highest margin or highest profitability opportunity. Take a product close to your heart, something you associate with, build the team of people who are supportive to you & the company & only then you can reach for the stars. "Take Care of the people who take care of your customers" - Sir Richard Branson. Great Companies: Are you currently providing Consulting Services to any Indian or Off shore Consultancy Firms. Marazban Bharucha : Yes, I undertake Consulting Projects on On-line basis too. Some of the Professional firms I am associated with are: Gerson Lehrman Group Inc (GLG) MergerDomo TenX2 Infollion Research Services. The Next Practises Oyepay Strat Lancer Guest Lecturer at IMT – Nagpur. Great Companies: With your 25 years experience experience, what advice will you give to other Consultants in the Sales & Marketing Arena Marazban Bharucha : Today's time is all about Learn, Unlearn & Relearn. In addition to my work experience I have gained new skills & knowledge recently to be able to provide a updated & learned guidance to my clients. Some of the courses I recently completed were : Business Story Telling – Certification by Indranil Chakraborty. 6 Sigma Training & Certification by KPMG Consulting. Block Chain Training & Certification by Cyber Frat India. Digital Marketing Certification by Vepsun Technologies. LinkedIn : https://www.linkedin.com/in/marazbanbharucha

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Abir Mozoomdar : I was fortunate to work as a Strategy Planning Professional in Blue Chip MNC’s and have handled national & international roles involving a gamut of Services. I worked with CEO’s/CXO’s early on in my career, and my experience gave me a 360° view of Business, across all functions. I worked for 15 long years, and realized that there is a lot of scope of Strategy in India, that is yet to be tapped. THE IDEA FACTORY, therefore, is a natural extension of my Work Experience. THE IDEA FACTORY is a national Knowledge Sector Start-Up, that centers around INNOVATION & STRATEGY. We believe that this is the right time for India to focus on innovation, & develop WORLD CLASS PRODUCTS & SERVICES, that will lead to sustainable growth, in the medium & long term. The Idea Factory is a Strategy Training & Consulting Start-Up, that is working towards India’s growth & development, by assisting Organizations to launch new Products/Services & thereby Shift Orbits, and build sustainable Innovation Platforms, for the near future. The Idea Factory is playing a strong role in making India a HOTBED OF INNOVATION, through multiple engagements with Corporates. Great Companies: What makes The Idea Factory different from hundreds of other similar services providers Abir Mozoomdar : The Idea Factory is UNIQUE in several ways IDEAS ARE OUR MAIN DIFFERENTIATOR – We believe that India has the potential to advance further through IDEATION, & INNOVATION. Ideas to Innovation is, indeed, a long journey, with various stakeholders in the continuum. Businesses need to be experimental, and successful ideas need to be scaled up nationally. We, therefore, have built up (& still building) an IDEATION PLATFORM, that takes interesting ideas forward. STRATEGIC MODELS & CASE STUDIES- We work on the existing Business Model of Businesses, and strengthen the STRATEGIC MODEL through contemporary STRATEGY TOOLS, FRAMEWORKS & CASE STUDIES. We believe that Indian Businesses can improve their long term performance, through structured STRATEGIC THINKING. FUTURISTIC FRAMEWORK - As a Knowledge Service Organization, we are committed to build up a strong nation, for the future. We offer Insights, Perspectives and Deep Research that enable our Clients to build up Futuristic Organizations. In the process, we help drive a Knowledge Economy. PARTNER IN GROWTH - We invest energy & knowledge in our Customer’s growth. We, therefore, handhold our Customers, to derive results. A WIN WIN Model of growth has gone a long way in enabling Customers achieve superlative growth, and move up the Value Chain Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by The Idea Factory ? Abir Mozoomdar : The Idea Factory has a DYNAMIC SERVICE LINE, varying from a short duration (1-2 Days) to long term (3 Months). Our Services are as follows Training - 1/2 Days, to 5 Days Advisory Services - 1 - 3 Months Consulting - Freelance/Medium Term Consulting - 1 - 3 Months MSME's/Startups - Medium Term Consulting - 1 - 3 Months Our Programs are designed keeping in mind the requirements of our Clients.Currently, we have the following Programs in our Portfolio THE IDEAS LAB - 1/2 Days THOUGHT LEADERSHIP CONCLAVE - 1 /2 Days INNOVATION FRAMEWORK – 1/2 DAYS ORBIT SHIFTING – 1/2 DAYS CUSTOMER DELIGHT - 1/2 DAYS These are short duration Programs that help establish an initial comfort level with our Clients. As the relationship deepens, we work on CUSTOMISED PROGRAMS that suit our Customer’s needs. We also work on CASE STUDIES, that help REDEFINE CORPORATE JOURNEY/DIRECTION in the medium & long term. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for The Idea Factory? Abir Mozoomdar : We believe that we have started at a very opportune time, when Indian Companies, especially Startups/MSME’s are going through tough times, and may need services like ours to partner them in their difficult journeys. We are also trying to influence the Indian Business Landscape, to have faith in our own capabilities, despite our challenges, and develop Products/Services that can compete with Multinationals, not only in India, but anywhere in the world. We are putting our best efforts to establish contacts with B2B Clients of all sizes (from Startups, to large Size Firms), Academic Institutes, Govt. Bodies etc, and hope to be associated with them through meaningful assignments. In the next 5 years, we would like to see ourselves as a formidable name in the Indian Business Community, and hope to see many of our IDEAS BEING SUCCESSFULLY IMPLEMENTED. We want to contribute to the development of the Nation, by developing a satisfied clientele, and solving many national problems along the way. In the near future, The Idea Factory hopes to build an international clientele, across the globe. Great Companies: What are the other initiatives you are working on? Abir Mozoomdar : I have mentioned earlier that The Idea Factory is a natural extension of my work experience. In addition, I have decided to have a presence in the Academic Sector, as well. This adds well to my experience as a Visiting Faculty in select B Schools in India, during my working years. THE LEARNING HALL is an Academic/Ed-Tech Startup, that is committed to the cause of Education in India. For the last few years, we are connected to the Student (& Teacher) Community of all ages, and together, trying to build an Institute of Repute. As a small Team, we are PASSIONATE about Learning & Development, and hope to contribute to the field of Education, in the coming years. We believe Education is perhaps, an important way to improve ourselves economically and personally, and therefore, is a powerful tool to build a life of purpose. In addition, I am also a Business Author, and have published my Book, a while ago. My first Book ‘THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN INDIA’ is a Nation Building attempt, and a very unique Book that gives many ideas for the development of India, and its Businesses. The Book scans the Economic Landscape of India, studies our Budgetary Framework and Policies in detail, dwells on cross border terrorism, inspires the Education Sector, processes the Emerging Technologies, and gives 3000-4000 powerful ideas to improve the same. These ideas are strong and innovative, and have the power to change the face of the Indian Economy, in the coming years. At a time, when India is trying to recover from the post Pandemic Disaster, this Book may be a great DIRECTION SETTER for Businesses & Institutions The over encompassing canvas of The Learning Hall, The Idea Factory and Business Writing puts us as a commendable force in the fields of Teaching, Training/Consulting & Writing, touching and improving lives across the spectrum. THOUGHT LEADERSHIP is the overall platform, that weaves all 3 activities together, in a guided direction. Our overall Mission/Vision is ‘TO MAKE INDIA A GLOBAL KNOWLEDGE HUB BY 2030’ Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Abir Mozoomdar : Indeed, it has been a great struggle since I started on my own, towards unchartered territories. In the beginning, I was only partially clear of what I wanted to do, without any funds or contacts. It took me a while to prepare the Blueprint of my future activities. However, I soon realized that my lack of funds, and no proper Contacts, may soon become my biggest impediment to succeed. I was greatly relieved when I published my Book, which gave me a new identity, after my Corporate journey. Things started moving a bit faster, as an Author is indeed considered an expert, to some extent. I quickly put a Team together, and started working with a few Clients, after some conversation. Things started moving after that. Today, we are well connected, and hosting frequent Programs, on a digital Platform. We hope to build a stable revenue stream, in a short while. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Abir Mozoomdar: As an Entrepreneur, I have learnt a lot, and still have a long way to go. The advice I want to give to Entrepreneurs, is to take the Business to some traction, and then leave your Corporate job. Otherwise, without any sustainable income, it is very difficult to survive the initial phase. With families to support, and Marketing necessities, it indeed takes a while to get a sustainable pay cheque. Great Companies: Do you want to share any other details with your readers ? Abir Mozoomdar : Readers can know more about us with the following links My Book : THOUGHT LEADERSHIP IN INDIA https://www.amazon.in/Thought-Leadership-India-Abir-Mozoomdar-ebook/dp/B07PHQS3NB LinkedIn: Abir Mozoomdar https://www.linkedin.com/in/abir-mozoomdar-1791155/ Email Id: THE IDEA FACTORY theideafactory123@gmail.com