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Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Jitendra Shrivastava : It all happened due to a pandemic. We had a clear vision of innovating new technologies for government and public use. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Streetwall India Jitendra Shrivastava : We are into various things like: Machines and Equipment Rentals of Railways Luggage Sanitization for passengers Disposable linen manufacturing and supply to Railways Great Companies: What makes Streetwall India different from hundreds of other Technology and Innovation firms ? Jitendra Shrivastava : We target on need of the hour, and build technology or machines accordingly. Basically we work on the needs of our client. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Streetwall India? Jitendra Shrivastava : We have successfully established our footprint across Indian railway stations and we continue to do that. Down the line 5 years from now we will be a new marketplace for Indian Railways. Our current mission is to create an ecosystem of digital marketplace for Indian railways. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Jitendra Shrivastava : I would suggest always focusing on the needs of the client Never stop innovating Be ready for diversity in business, because at a later stage you will not be able to afford it.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Rajbir Singh Bisht : My passion of doing the best with ethics and career of 20 years in the field of Market Research contributed to my association with Paradigm Sample LLC and India entity Pantheon Sample India Pvt. Ltd. I decided to take Market Research services to the next level and help our clients in the easiest and best way possible so they can make their corporate decisions wisely. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Pantheon Sample India Pvt. Ltd. (Paradigm Sample Company) Rajbir Singh Bisht : Paradigm was founded on the idea that there were new and untried ways to provide access to hard-to-reach audiences to support consumer and B2B research. Since 2009, we have been providing real-time market research, giving leading companies a strong foundation to support all types of business and marketing decisions. Our pioneering spirit and commitment to our clients’ needs have driven substantial growth resulting in double-digits year over year in revenue increases since our inception. Led by industry experts, Paradigm has established itself as one of the most innovative online research and data collection company in the market today. We are at the heart of research and online data collection in our industry. Paradigm offers access millions of extremely profiled consumers including low incidence groups and an array of hard to get audiences. On top of our proprietary panel, a strong partner network, proven, innovative methods and cross-platform technologies to optimize our research performance have turned our online consumer and B2B panels into one of the most reliable and comprehensive research resources in the industry. Market-research companies and others who partner with us have nearly instant access to our exclusive supply of hard-to-reach consumer and B2B audiences, including moms, millennial, and international audiences. We deal in online market research and provide various other MR related services to our clients like programming ,hosting ,data processing ,tabulations ,open end coding etc. Great Companies: What makes Pantheon Sample India Pvt. Ltd. (Paradigm Sample Company) different from hundreds of other market research firms? Rajbir Singh Bisht : Quality and commitment - our dedicated team works 24*7 and delivers quality delivery to clients. We believe in being “proactive” and take “ownership” of our best in class services. Below are to name a few of our expertise: Consumer Panel and Access Business to Business Panel Consultation, Programming and Hosting Global Reach Technology Quality Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Rajbir Singh Bisht : Since we are into online market research, in initial days we did encounter some cheaters / frauds accessing some surveys. To manage these issues and ensure the best in class quality delivery, we enhanced technology and our securities and now we have a strict layer of security before respondents can access our survey. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Pantheon Sample India Pvt. Ltd. (Paradigm Sample Company)? Rajbir Singh Bisht : We are growing this year already and in the next 2-3 years we expect to be at around 500 members team of experts in our operations servicing global clients. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Rajbir Singh Bisht : Dream and stay on top to make them come true. Patience and persistence is the key to success.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Vineet Arya : The whole idea of the “COHIRE: Experts on Demand” platform, or more easily understood, the Gig CxO concept, was conceptualized based on my personal experience from a couple of years ago. While I was in my corporate job, I would get a lot of requests from entrepreneurs to help them out in their business management and operations. The entrepreneurs were either solo or had a young team, and they would ask me to help their businesses scale faster. I would help these entrepreneurs on a pro-bono basis, utilizing my past corporate experience. It would help me reduce the potential mistakes any entrepreneur or CEO would do which could hamper their growth. Later, the problem statement that growing companies needed professional, expert (C-Suite) experience to help them navigate the complex business problems, gained momentum with me. I did deep research on the same and realized that not having an expert on board, derailed the growth of companies. Further, time is of great essence for entrepreneurs of not just startups, but also SMEs and large organizations. Thus, they need an instant doctor to remove these business roadblocks and get the company into a growth trajectory. Thus, the idea of COHIRE germinated. COHIRE helps companies have access to business experts almost instantly to work for them on an assignment, temporary, or gig basis. Great Companies: What are the various services provided by COHIRE? Vineet Arya : COHIRE is an “Experts on Demand” platform. That means we are an aggregator of niche and C-suite talent who have a minimum relevant business experience of 15 years. Some of these C-Suite leaders have 25+ years of business experience in multiple domains. They are available to work for organizations on dedicated time-bound assignments. Companies can share the C-Suite leader on a semi-temp or project basis, with clearly defined KPIs. This is also a beneficial plug-and-play model for companies who are looking for senior experts in domains like Technology, AI-ML, Data Science, QMS, Product, Sales, Marketing, Digital Transformation, Finance, Investment Banking, and many more niche domains. COHIRE provides experts for specific tasks, who exit once the objective or targets are achieved. These experts work along with the management team of the company as their in-house team members. It makes the engagement frictionless till the completion of the task. COHIRE is a very niche company, that focuses solely on making domain experts (for a wide variety of fields) with 15+ years of experience, to companies willing to take the gig route in C-Suite hiring. Great Companies: What makes COHIRE different from hundreds of other talent provider firms? Vineet Arya : As indicated before, we are an “Experts on Demand” Platform. Unlike traditional HR Tech firms, we focus only on senior hiring in temporary set-up. The goal of 100s of talent provider firms is to help you find a suitable candidate, who will be given fixed KRAs over a long period, have a permanent role in the organization – for example a CTO. COHIRE, on the other hand, will help you find a tech expert, who has CTO level experience, on a gig basis. He/ She will work in a temporary set-up, on a specific project, and be very flexible. We are a one-of-a-kind model having created our niche in the industry. We have no organized players competing with us and our USP is the availability of niche C-Suite business experts on Gig Basis. This sets us apart from traditional talent providers like recruitment or freelancing or consulting platforms. COHIRE is a new-age business model with great potential and growing demand as post-pandemic organizations have started to realize that hiring full-time CxO may not always be the most optimized way. Organizations, whose primary objective is cost optimization, with the need of experts, can COHIRE CxO and experts for a specific task, or temporarily, to help speed up business solutions seamlessly. COHIRE also solves a perennial issue of challenges who aim to CXO for themselves.Finding the “right” C-Suite leader for a particular role is not only difficult but also time-consuming. While the organization identifies its “right” candidate, COHIRE can help temporarily hire a CxO from the platform to maintain business continuity without any disruptions. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Vineet Arya : The biggest challenge in our journey has been the acceptance of the concept of the “GIG” economy with the “CXO” concept; especially for Indian businesses, as the idea of a Gig CxO is much more accepted in the western corporate world. Organizations in India are still not comfortable hiring a Temp CxO as a part of their business strategy to scale faster or to solve a particular business problem. Yet, in the pandemic where hybrid working has been a norm, we have realized a visible shift as Indian businesses are looking for domain Experts on Demand to address their immediate business needs as against looking to hire CxO’s as a full-time resource. However, this shift as a business strategy needs to be further accelerated for the benefit of the industry as a whole. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What do 5 years down the line look like for COHIRE? Vineet Arya : As I mentioned before, the future of the Gig CxO concept is bright. India is poised to be become the 5th largest economy by 2025, but to materialize that number, new-age businesses need to grow faster and higher. For them to grow faster, they need experts in their team, especially in decision-making roles. New-age concepts like COHIRE will act as fuel pumps to this growth. We would be at the forefront, making C-Suite Leaders and Experts available on-demand for organizations to navigate business problems efficiently and quickly. COHIRE has already pioneered the space in the last few years. Now, we are working to make it an AI-based Tech Platform which would enable organizations to seamlessly find the right skilled C-suite expert or CxOs for specific needs, almost instantly in any domain and geography. We aim to be largest & biggest Experts On Demand platform not in India but cater to companies in US & Asia region in next 5 years. The demand for C Suite leaders is only going to increase I future so not only Indians but any foreign nationals would be able to use this platform to find meaningful assignments & also companies would have the flexibility to find C talent across Geographies Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting, what would it be? Vineet Arya : Not one, but I have small bits of advice for budding entrepreneurs. Do thorough research on your business idea before you startup, as the time you spend in the initial years will eventually save a lot of time in the future. Convincing research goes a long way in pitching the idea and also boosting your confidence. It will help you be persistent with your business idea even when you face initial setbacks or failures. Be open to asking for help from others in your business as there is nothing wrong with asking for help. Stay updated with the changing dynamics of the industry and the world, in general; you may never know what will directly impact your business. Entrepreneurship is not an easy journey. It takes many years to build a business, so be mentally prepared to face the challenges.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business Pradnya Kakade Singh: Working with brands thrills me. Branding & communications have always been closed to my heart. The whole process of ideating brand concepts, building on it, to creating it is exciting. Working with MNCs gave me a great exposure. However, the thought of doing more with brands across industries and expanding my creativity gave rise to The Brand March. The name itself signifies marching with brands to create a lasting impression to engage your audience. Foreseeing tremendous opportunities right from branding to digital marketing and more, I realized that I could do magic with the brands with the approach and experience I bring on table. With this, I took on my entrepreneurial journey. The journey that began with a thought and transformed into the formation of ‘The Brand March.’ Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by The Brand March Pradnya Kakade Singh: The Brand March offers a spectrum of results-driven branding and digital marketing solutions for industrial, manufacturing, retail, health & wellness, education & training, and professional segments. Our services expand across India, the USA, UAE, and Germany. Our Services Brand identity creation and positioning Social Media Strategy & Engagement Digital Marketing Strategy Online Ads Campaign Management Website and App Development Design collaterals 2D and 3D animation video Photography Great Companies: What makes The Brand March different from hundreds of other Branding and Digital Marketing Firms? Pradnya Kakade Singh : We’re a Creative and Technology Driven Digital Branding Company. In the fast-paced world where from proposals making to project execution everything can be standardized and automated, we take a personalized approach. Our methodology is designed for you strategy. We invest our time in understanding and building rapport with our clients. Understanding the space from where our clients operate gives us an edge to align to their thought process, their products, or services to ultimately their target audience. Once we sync, we then gear up for delivering results. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Pradnya Kakade Singh: Branding and digital marketing industry have grown multifold over the years, especially during the pandemic. People have a lot of expectations from the digital marketing media. Companies who otherwise never felt digital is the platform for them to be on, the pandemic have opened opportunities for some while forced other to try and explore the digital space. This has given a rise to a lot of confusion and challenges at the same time. Today, clients are expecting a lot from digital be it sales, lead generation, brand or engagement. At the same time, I see the level of patience, consistency and budgets required to meet these expectations doesn’t justify. This gives rise to either blaming that digital doesn’t work or it’s not a platform for us. To mitigate this, we work closely with our clients by first educating them, sharing knowledge, keeping them informed of the processes and approaches we are taking to arrive at the desired results. On the other hand, there are many companies and individuals in the branding and digital marketing. There is no standard format or cost structure, this further adds up to the challenge. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for The Brand March? Pradnya Kakade Singh: The Brand March has a vision to be the most preferred branding partner providing a spectrum of branding and digital marketing services globally across industries. With this while we are now a branding and full-fledged digital marketing company, we plan to take more data-oriented approach by offering real-time business value to our customer through data analytics to business intelligence service. We see ourselves become an integral part of organizations strategic branding partner who align and set-up their entire customer journey and lead nurturing process. Learning is imbibed into the culture of The Brand March. Our team be it graphic designers, content writers or developers are constantly following and learning with the trends and updated with latest algorithms. This keeps us going and gives us a competitive edge. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Pradnya Kakade Singh: Follow your dreams and don’t be afraid of failure or what others might say. The best way is to START. Don’t procrastinate or delay your plans. Entrepreneurship is a learning journey, and you will learn in the process. I believe in execution. Once you are on the execution mode, opportunities will start unfolding, you will get answers to questions that otherwise were not evident, people will come to support you and it will be your amazing journey. Moreover, as much as you are the subject matter expert, it is equally important for one to have the business acumen. Take care of your financial planning, know the profitability of your business, resource and time management are other important aspects. Be a good leader but at the same time a great team player.

Website : https://ebizfiling.com/ Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Ishita Ramani: "Initially I worked as an intern with one of the leading Chartered Accountant firms, I came across the scarcity of legal service providers. There are numerous areas where people are seeking legal advice and consultancy but had no place to go to, that is when I decided to start a company that provided end to end guidance and support to the Businesses enthusiasts." "As much as I wanted to launch a platform to help business enthusiasts, I wanted to make it a bit 'Hatke's. So I researched around and came across the concept of 'Online Legal Service provider' that was actively providing similar services in some foreign country and we took inspiration from them, turned it into our version, and finally launched a tech-savvy legal service platform "Ebizfiling India Pvt Ltd" with a sole purpose of providing end to end legal as well as professional assistance to people with ideas and vision to start their own ventures" Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Ebizfiling India Pvt. Ltd Ishita Ramani: With Each passing year, Ebizfiling thought from a client’s perspective, and tried to introduce new services to facilitate its client base across the world. For this purpose, Ebizfiling has set up a team of experts in the respective fields from time to time. Ebizfiling India Pvt Ltd provides an entire gamut of services including Business Incorporation, Tax, and other registrations, Company annual filing and returns filing services, Legal Compliance services, Intellectual Property registration services, etc. Apart from this, Ebizfiling has also launched a few new services namely, Business Advisory Services, Tax Consultancy Services, Startup Advisory Services, Premium retainer ship Services, PEO Services, Logo Designing, and Digital Marketing Services as well. All we want is to assure our clients that whatever their business requires, we will provide them. Great Companies: What makes Ebizfiling India Pvt. Ltd different from hundreds of other Legal firms? Ishita Ramani: Well, Ebizfiling India Pvt. Limited is different in many aspects from other legal firms. First, we are not limited to providing only legal services, but we have emerged as a hassle-free E-express incorporation and compliance service provider. We are not the aggregators of legal services, but we have a professional team of CS/CA actually working closely with clients. We don't buy and sell legal services. Our 100% execution is in-house. After successfully establishing ourselves as one of the best service providers for the services like business incorporation, legal services, return filing, etc, Ebizfiling has now emerged as the one-stop solution for everything that a business needs. We are more of a solutions provider. We provide an all-inclusive host of services like Setup services by technical experts, HR and recruitment services, Admin and payroll support, Digital Marketing, branding, and designing services - to name a few. We are different in terms of the prices that we offer for our services, we are transparent, also, our approach to handling clients is very professional. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Ishita Ramani: Being a mother and a family person it is always a challenge to balance both personal and work life. But because of my family members and the amazing team that I have no matter how difficult time I might have had, I have always been able to manage it pretty well. At times I feel overwhelmed with the fact that we have come this far, which is of course just a beginning! Also as a bootstrapped start-up, we have seen all the ups and downs, as usual, however, none has come close enough for us to stop the journey. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What do 5 years down the line look like for Ebizfiling India Pvt Ltd? Ishita Ramani: Well, I never believed in giving it a long-term perspective, but one thing is for sure I want my team to grow and spread our expertise knowledge and lend our hand to all the people who are seeking legal and corporate assistance. At the same time to see the growth of every team member of Ebizfiling alongside the growth of the organization itself and keep on venturing into new areas and horizons to give a comprehensive and "one-stop service provider" experience to our clients for all their business needs." We want to keep this simple and straight! Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting, what would it be? Ishita Ramani: One piece of advice that I would like to give to all the people who are wishing to start something on their own would just be "Follow Your Heart and be courageous enough to take that one big step and everything else will follow".

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Anand Mayee: My life can be summed up as grabbing the opportunities at the right time. I started my career as a teacher in order to meet ends and I had no idea about the Textile business or Silk or Linen. One day while at school, one of the parents asked me if I would be interested in modelling for their saree business and thinking of it as an opportunity, I agreed. When I started modelling for their business, I came across the purity of the Fabrics and how to recognise them. This led me to meet the manufacturers and understand about the making of Silk and Linen in Bhagalpur. I researched about the business and its requirements among people through proper market research and travelling to different locations understanding how retailers are charging unbelievable amount for the sarees and earning profits just using the name of the Bhagalpuri Silk. This embarked the idea of starting the business. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Nayab Stores Private Limited? Anand Mayee: Nayab Stores have come a long way within a few years of its commencement. Started off as a Trader, today Nayab Stores manufacturers the Sarees we sell to the customers, ensuring the best price to them. We understood the importance of customizations for the customers and started our tailoring services thus designing the best designs for every customer. We also have our Mobile Applications and Website for our customers to browse. We have also planned a ton of features and services for our customers in the coming years which will make their life easier when it comes to Fashion. Great Companies: What makes Nayab Stores Private Limited different from hundreds of other Textile firms? Anand Mayee: What makes us different from others is a subjective question. But to put it in context, we could claim that we provide the best quality products for our customers, but these claims could be made by anyone. But we live by the fact that our products are rigorously tested at all stages to ensure quality. To understand the quality of our Nayab Stores, one needs to feel it when they wear it. Every Saree made at our centres are well planned out with every product designed with a story in mind. They embody the journey of a woman in her struggles, her triumphs, and her power. Other Textile Firms sells sarees as it has huge margins, but we have kept our margins to the levels which are affordable for the customers. We believe that price should not the deciding factor while buying Saree. It should be Quality. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Anand Mayee: Struggles and challenges are a part of life now as they no more surprise me. Even today there are people who refuse to acknowledge a woman as a business owner, and they try find the man-in-charge. Whenever I go for Exhibitions or Photoshoots, they think of me as a front and there would be someone coming to claim my business. When I try to hire someone, they feel the same thing as well. All I do, is that I refuse to work with such people who just cannot fathom a girl as a business owner. The Second Biggest challenge that we face is the friction in the manufacturing. Whenever there is a big order I have to stay on course with every step of manufacturing and packaging so that the order is fulfilled without any factor creating any issue at any stage. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Nayab Stores Private Limited? Anand Mayee: With the initial years gone. Nayab Stores aims at growing exponentially by exploring ideas and testing them in real life scenario as part of our Market Research. As a business, we aim to open more physical outlets as part of our Experience Stores where our best designs would come to life. We have always been service providers by giving unique experience with every product. And down the line in 5 years we aim at strengthening our base at that. There are several future plans which would very soon be brought to life for our customers. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Anand Mayee: Do not fear the circumstances or the shortcomings you have to start a business. Listing out the problems is a good thing as it allows you to be more informed about the future. But when you are about to make a new start, you have to take that leap of faith in yourself to make it big. The biggest thing in starting out is not just the risk, its about owning your decisions whatever it leads to. Website : https://nayabstores.com/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Rakesh Sareen: My girlfriend of the time, who happens to be my wife now, wanted to wear something ethnic which had a designer wear element in it, made from quality material and yet didn’t burn a hole in her pocket. Hence, came the idea of Abhishti, were we produce high quality garments which are designed for high street and priced decently to help people look good. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by ABHISHTI TEXTILE PRIVATE LIMITED Rakesh Sareen: We provide high quality garments which are trend setters for Indian market and are aspirational for our demographic. We have 2 brands namely Abhishti, which caters to the ethnic segment and Blue hour which is travel wear focused western brand. Great Companies: What makes ABHISHTI TEXTILE PRIVATE LIMITED different from hundreds of other Retail brands? Rakesh Sareen: We constantly give new designs and silhouettes to our consumers who love us for our innovation and design ideology. We consistently deliver identical colors and products as seen on screen and deliver what is promised. We have an open channel with our believers to listen to their queries, issues, doubts and complaints, often peppered with compliments which keeps us on our toes and makes us better every day. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Rakesh Sareen: Working capital, Uncertain health environment and the ever shifting needle of e-commerce. These issues are the unforced errors which keeps us up at night. Almost everything else besides this is a step in a learning curve that we only take once. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for ABHISHTI TEXTILE PRIVATE LIMITED? Rakesh Sareen : Through an omni channel approach with a healthy mix of offline stores paired with a robust e-commerce platform. The way the pandemic has panned out for the past 2 years, the amount of uncertainty that has seeped in, not only in the professional realm but the personal one too, we are taking it year on year. Rest all is hopes and dreams. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Rakesh Sareen: A business can only absolutely focus on one of 3 things i.e., Product, Employees or Customers. Anyone starting out should have clarity of focus on one of these three. Once that focus is embalmed into their soul, then not let it shift, and run with it. Website : https://www.abhishti.com/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Sonali Kocharekar: Growing up in middle class family with strong values & work ethic, I’ve also always been a conscientious eater since my growing years, and other than good academics, extra-curricular activities etc., my parents also instilled in me, the role of good health & nutrition, in leading a happy and fulfilling life. I discovered my passion for healthy food and nutrition early when I started my professional career about 12 years back. I was therefore always interested in exploring for healthier versions of the oily snacks & unhealthy processed food that were the only options available to me during the grueling workdays at my workplace in my phase as a professional working in the pharma data analysis domain. I started off experimenting & making healthy versions of snack foods, and sharing them with my colleagues, friends and extended family, and was surprised at the amazing response I received from them. After sampling these recipes that I had created, I found that there was a niche but definite demand for such food options that do not compromise on nutrition or taste. I’ve always wanted to help people by motivating them to adopt a balanced lifestyle & healthy eating habit. Making a positive impact in someone’s life is something I find truly fulfilling & rewarding. This prompted me to look at the food industry through the lens of nutrition. I invested a couple of years to learn more about the latest trends in nutrition, followed the work of other nutritionists and studied in some detail, the benefits of Ayurveda & our traditional food systems. This gave me valuable insights on how millennials, can easily adopt healthier alternate lifestyles, with balanced diets that are in line with current dietary trends, but do not compromise on the taste & flavor benefits of traditional food systems After a great deal of thought, I decided to quit my job to follow my passion and plunge myself 100% in starting a venture whose primary aim would be enhancement of overall health and wellbeing through healthy and nutritious food options. During this journey I also realized that the healthy food business was not really a thing in India; and that I would need to tweak my offering & make them available in traditional food formats to make them more acceptable to the Indian audience. Ergo… The creation of Appetite Food in Aug 2020. As a company we’re clear about NOT using artificial flavorings, additives or preservatives. Our offerings are made of natural ingredients, infused with superfoods like Spirulina, Tulsi (Basil), Ashwagandha (Indian Ginseng), Moringa etc., and last but not the least are pocket friendly. Today, we are proud of the fact that not only do our products satisfy Indian standards of food and health, but are also gaining widespread acceptance in a marketplace that has not always been ideal for promotion of healthy food options. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Appetite Food Sonali Kocharekar : As a food technology company that understands and addresses issues related to nutrition and the impact of nutrition on an individuals overall health & well-being, we offer multiple products & services in this domain Our B2C (Business-to-Consumer) or D2C (Direct-to-Consumer) portfolio has a multitude of diet-friendly and healthy any-time food and snack options that include our Vishwa range of Ayurveda inspired healthy laddu’s infused with superfoods like Spirulina (Choco Spirulina, Oats, Mung, Multigrain, Fenugreek or Methi & Ragi laddu’s), Diet friendly Savory Munchies (Oats, Puffed Grain, Diet, Ragi & Cornflakes), Baked snacks (Samosa & Gujiya), and Nutrition Bars (Protein, Immunity, Ragi, Vitamin C & Oats Bars). We would shortly be adding fiber-rich healthy cookies, whole grain puffs, dry-fruit brittle (chikki), and baked sev or bhujiya to this portfolio over the next couple of months. Our B2B (Business-to-Business) offerings include Contract Manufacturing & Private Label Manufacturing Services centered around customized or curated versions of our B2C portfolio. These also include (if required) branding, packaging design, product photography and printing services. The manufacturing services are implemented under water-tight NDA’s to ensure confidentiality/ IP protection, and use the highest safety & quality standards. As part of APPETITE FOOD’s endeavors to provide sustainable nutrition options that address concerns of depleted immunity due to malnourishment in underprivileged children, we participate in daily interventions, to reduce rates of malnutrition in target communities with a focus on infants & young children. We work with organizations like RAAH Foundation & Virat Kohli Foundation to provide them subsidized nutrition-loaded food options, that feed 100's of underprivileged children daily thru their programs in a sustainable & integrated approach. Over the next few quarters, we aim to scale up this initiative to cover at least 5,000 children with support from more NGO partners. Great Companies: What makes Appetite Food different from hundreds of other Pack Food Manufacturing Firms ? Sonali Kocharekar : Rapid global urbanization in India has resulted in traditional, largely plant base diets being replaced by processed food dominated diets that are high in sugars, artificial additives & preservatives, animal fats etc., and low in starches, dietary fiber, nuts, fruits, and vegetables. This nutrition transition in turn has resulted in the rapid rise of obesity, depleted immunity, increase in lifestyle diseases and early onset of chronic diseases/ conditions. APPETITE FOOD basically understands and addresses these issues, with an approach that differs from the other Pack Food Manufacturing companies. Consumers are more inclined toward convenient and healthy foods, thereby saving their time and money at the same time. This growing consumer inclination towards gluten-free, vegan, and organic food products with plant-sourced ingredients has led to the emergence of newer product variants with prolonged shelf-life and easy storage benefits. In parallel, the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a surge in demand for superfoods. Consumers are actively looking for superfood to boost their immunity & overall wellness quotient. While there is a lot of talk and attention in the media these days about the so-called “superfoods” we’ve done our research, and know that all of the claims made are NOT TRUE. But Ayurveda has actually had "superfoods" since the beginning. According to Wikipedia, "Superfood is a marketing term for food with supposed health benefits. The term is commonly used by experts, dietitians and nutrition scientists, many of whom dispute that particular foods have all the health benefits claimed by their advocates. So what makes Appetite Food’s options "super” or “different”? • The food should promote Sattva - Sattva is clarity, stillness, peace, contentment, love, compassion and kindness. This can be cultivated with a multitude of practices, but especially with what you eat. Drawing on the Ayurvedic principle of "like increases like," we can enrich our mind & body by eating predominantly Sattvic food. Unprocessed, seasonal, whole foods are more Sattvic but there are specific foods that are "super" Sattvic! • The food should directly nourish Ojas - Ojas is a subtle golden liquid said to have "the color of ghee, the taste of honey and the smell of toasted rice." It is found in greatest concentration in the heart and adrenal glands. Ojas is our source of strength and the power in our immune system, protecting us from disease. It supports us mentally and is the source of our creativity and mental resilience, so it's important that we consume foods that increase Ojas in us. When it comes to embracing the benefits of Ayurveda, watching what you eat is possibly the best way to start. “Ahar (meaning dietary habits in Ayurveda) says that food eaten should have at least one of six tastes: sweet, sour, salty, bitter, pungent and astringent. The right foods promote sattva (purity), detox the body, and rejuvenate it as well, leading to an overall increase in immunity, physical and mental strength, and digestion. To accomplish all of the above, avoid the popular & temporary crash diets, and instead consume ayurvedic superfoods (ginger, ginseng, gooseberry, turmeric, ghee, basil, spirulina, moringa) and nutritious whole grains (ragi, jowar,bajra), lentils & nuts/seeds (almond, chia, sunflower, flax) that are an integral part of Appetite Food’s healthy food products, and are also suitable/familiar to the Indian palate. In summary, we’re able to pack in more nutritive value in our products without compromising on taste & flavor. And we don’t use any ingredients that are artificial or contain preservatives. Ingredients like Spirulina, Ginseng, Moringa etc., are difficult to infuse in food products since they lose their nutritive value because of the way Indian food is cooked. Also, ingredients like Spirulina even if properly added without affecting the nutritive value, still significantly alter the taste profile because of their intense flavors. We’re one of the 1st brands that have been able to infuse these super-ingredients into our product while still maintaining their nutrition benefits, and not affecting the flavors and taste offered by traditional food systems. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sonali Kocharekar : One of the challenges we faced at Appetite Food was infusing these superfoods into our traditional food products without adversely impacting the overall taste quotient of the end product. Some of the superfoods like Ashwagandha (Indian Ginseng) & Spirulina have a distinct taste and flavor, that might not be easily acceptable, palatable or popular with consumers. It took a great deal of research and understanding of food palates, to successfully mask these different flavors & mitigate the perceived uniqueness of the superfood flavors into Appetite Food’s nutrition dense & healthy version of traditional food offerings like laddu’s, namkeens, nutrition bars, and other products, while maintaining or enhancing the taste quotient of these products. This to my mind has been one of our major successes, and the factor that will drive the popularity & acceptability of our products. Also; while visibility and awareness in terms of shelf pace in on-ground shelves of supermarkets and retail counters remain a huge challenge for new entrants like Appetite Food, due to the ultra-competitive practices and humungous promotion budgets of large brands who more often than not get away with disproportionately amplifying the nutrition benefits of their products where none exist, we also see a growing awareness in consumers who are becoming more conscious of what they are consuming, and how its impacting their overall health & wellbeing. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Appetite Food? Sonali Kocharekar : While our current revenues from the B2B business are larger than the B2C or D2C business, we see this changing as we go forward & continue to propagate and build the Appetite Food BRAND. But Brand building is not an easy exercise & it takes a huge amount of time & capital to build or create a brand that consumers can identify with and TRUST. To grow our Brand & our business, we will continue to stay true to our purpose (differentiate), invest in emotional branding (create loyal communities), ensure consistency (for brand recall), maintain versatility (product innovation), and deliver Value (to our customers). We eventually see ourselves reaching a position where: We’ve created a BRAND which consumers shall trust when it comes to nutrition, quality & great taste. Our consumers acknowledge the importance of consuming healthy food & actively try to transform their food choices to healthier options that can improve their overall well-being. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Sonali Kocharekar : I remember reading somewhere that while almost all entrepreneurs have risk taking abilities, that lead them to bite off a little more than they can chew, the successful ones quickly learn how to chew it. I’ve however been very inspired by Oprah Winfrey’s quote “Every time you state what you want or believe, you’re the first to hear it. It’s a message to both you and others about what you think is possible. Don’t put a ceiling on yourself” and would like to give this same advice to anyone starting out on their entrepreneurial journey. Website : https://appetitefood.in/

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Abhilash Valajipeta: I was exploring businesses with a positive impact on the earth and humans alike especially to reduce air pollution and Biophilic design is one of the effective ways to reduce air pollution in both indoor and outdoor environments. and create a healthy space for us to live both in our homes and businesses. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Wealien Creations Pvt Ltd Abhilash Valajipeta: 1) Indoor and outdoor landscaping 2) Biophilic design consulting Great Companies: What makes Wealien Creations Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other construction firms? Abhilash Valajipeta: Our creative value addition and multidisciplinary skillsets to execute challenging projects set us apart. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Abhilash Valajipeta: Execution and education-based selling are the major challenges I face on a daily bases Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What do 5 years down the line look like for Wealien Creations Pvt Ltd? Abhilash Valajipeta: I want to move towards a product based company and am already working on an IoT product that will help partially automate and help improve the bond between humans and plants. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Abhilash Valajipeta: Learn cash flow management before anything.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Suresh Kumar Varadachari: Actually I started creating Android apps as a hobby and then created many innovative apps, also participated in many Events and Hackathons. In 2015 two of my apps got selected for Trelleborg Appstar Contest. Then during demonetization, I created an application called “Modi Keynote” to spread awareness to the people. “The idea was to make people understand the key points spoken by our Prime Minister in a different and interesting way using augmented reality technology. The Modi Keynote app plays Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on black money, when it detects a new Rs. 2000, 500 and 200 Rs note has been scanned by the user via the smartphone’s camera. However, because of some “YouTube videos and social media,” spreading false statements of authenticating the currency, something the app was not intended for and the app crossed almost 4.5 million downloads when it was taken down by myself “in the interest of the public.” Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by BSK Studios Pvt Ltd Suresh Kumar Varadachari: We create mobile app solutions for Small Business with a minimum cost and sometimes we give it for free. We help them make their daily business operations seamlessly without any Hassle. Also provide them cheap mini Bluetooth printers with no need to purchase high cost equipment. On the other side we run our Start-up Company by creating innovative apps and games to earn money through In-app purchases and Ad platforms like Admob, Unity Ads etc. We developed various Mobile Apps to cater a wide variety of customers. For example, creating Mobile Apps for wedding videos where the entire video is categorized to multiple categories like Mehndi, Reception etc. So that the user will access all his content with ease and no worry of being lost or damaged. We opened an institute to train the next young generation kids to learn about Android and iOS Apps. Also help them build their own ideas and publish it to Google and Apple Stores. For promotional activities we teach them tools to create Icons, Promotional Images and Videos. We charge a very minimal fee for kids based on their financial status. Great Companies: What makes BSK Studios Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other Mobile Apps Firms? Suresh Kumar Varadachari: We create Unique, Innovative and Creative Apps and Games. Which will help bring awareness to people and help them understand the technology. Also create local content as games and stop our kids getting addicted to Shooting and Fighting Games. For content creators we create video editing apps where there is no need for a computer they can create videos just using Mobile Phones. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Suresh Kumar Varadachari: I spent all my earnings and savings money to keep the company Alive and have not taken loan from any Bank and because of COVID-19 we were badly hit financially and now in a verge of Bankruptcy. But still we managed to make the team work from home and developed a Game called “Tirupati Bus Driver”. But our company got a lot of pressure from the Media, Hindu Activists and political parties to remove it from Stores. Our only intention is to keep our kids away from shooting and fighting games with our local content. All media channels and local Politicians projected us as criminals and robbers. They never valued the effort we put in to develop the Game. Instead they killed our Innovations in the name of Sentiments and projected us as criminals and they barged into our office and forced me to delete the content from the Stores. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for BSK Studios Pvt Ltd? Suresh Kumar Varadachari: We are now planning to shut down our company and are scared to develop or create Innovative and Creative content. We all decided to join MNC companies or travel abroad to earn and live. We have raised voice in Facebook, Twitter and other social media platforms to Central Govt., State Govt. The sad part is none of them responded to help us. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Suresh Kumar Varadachari: Never ask help from anyone just do it on your own in initial stages. I advise not to start a company without financial or political background. Because the Media Channels, Local Politicians will play with you by taking your content and make you look like criminals and Robbers. No one will help you in INDIA when your Start-up company is in trouble. Just remember that.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Vaibhav Rungta : We were already present in the Market from 7 years and it all started with doing some college and hostel events which helped me in generating some extra income back then without making any initial investment. Making this a career happened when I joined EY just after college and realized that I could make 5 times of salary which I was getting in the corporate job easily if I focus to add more clients which took just 6 months of time after which I decided to give my business a structure. But the realization to be present online came during the Pandemic. The first wave had hit the travel industry and made the business negative. With second wave coming in, we already realized the need to be present online to reach the wider audience and to be able to the expand our customer base outside our social connections which was possible only through some presence online and by advertisement. Thanks to Facebook and Google ads presence that boosted us and helped create an entirely new customer base which is way way wider than what we could do only with word-of mouth publicity. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Reev Travels Vaibhav Rungta : Reev Travels provides curated Hotel deals across India assuring the best prices. We curate best Hotels across India with the best user reviews. Apart from hotels, we also provide Corporate Booking Desk fulfilling Flights, Hotels and Corporate Events and Holidays across 60+ Countries. On the leisure aspect, we even have a dedicated team for Family and Honeymoon Holiday planning dedicated to catering this sector. Furthermore, we are coming up with deals on Flight Bookings where we pre-purchase 50+ sectors and providing unmatchable fares on flight bookings. (Say Bangalore- Delhi for as low as Rs. 3500) Great Companies: What makes Reev Travels different from hundreds of other Travel Management firms? Vaibhav Rungta : We are trying to disrupt the offline travel deals and aiming to bring them Online. There are more than 50+ top travel management firms who act as consolidator for specific segment of India. But all of them work on an offline model working only with travel agents and provide only B2B Deals. We are trying to compile inventories of those travel management companies and bringing there deals online and direct to customers which will help the customers get the best prices on these Hotels. Most of them being on the niche segment of Hotel categories. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Vaibhav Rungta : Getting the cutomers to believe in a new and upcoming brand is the ket challenge that all the new companies face today specially when there are so many scams happening around the customers and customers not being so educated toward preventing these scams. A simple example would be Credit Card chargeback option which a lot of customers don’t know in India which can help them in not becoming a prey to these scams. Apart form this, educating the Hotel consolidators to come online to our portal is yet another challenge as they are not much used to technology and they have always been working through Whatsapp and Phone calls which have always restricted their approach to reach a wider audience out there which in turn becomes Reev Travel’s USP in reaching the customers on their behalf. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Reev Travels? Vaibhav Rungta: With immense spend on Advertisement Campaigns, we have already reach five times our business Pre-Covid. And with continuous approach towards Regular Advertisement, Marketing, Branding and a great Sales Team already on-board, we aim to multiply our business 500x in the coming 5 years as we have already discovered the huge potential in this market. Apart from this, we also aim to reach the International Markets as it opens to curate best deals and bring them to Indian and Foreign Customers which we have already started as of now with Maldives, Dubai and Thailand but aim to reach more destinations and customers. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Vaibhav Rungta : Focus on Sales and Marketing. If there is something which helps in excelling the business, its always continuous Sales and Marketing with a great focus on Building your Team. Believe in people and give them a 100 days to prove their efficiency.

Great Companies: How did you get your idea or concept for the business? Sunita Dube : I belong to a generation which has seen how the traditional family, relatives , friends and neighbours used to be a support system for each other and in contrast in present fast paced lives with the joint family system no more a norm, the elderly and their families are finding it difficult to be a support to each other. The greatest impact of this transformation has been on the elderly many of whom felt helpless and left alone when they need help and support most and had to wait for family and friends to find time to help them. However it was my personal experience and when I faced the challenges and difficulties juggling between my hectic work , family responsibilities of looking after growing kids and trying to help my ageing parents who needed assistance in small everyday tasks, that is when I realized the need of a support system of verified and trusted services who can support me to fulfill my responsibility towards my parents and also help them to live an independently and have a happy and healthy ageing. Thus the idea took shape when we started Happy60plus in 2019. Great Companies: What are the various Services provided by Happy60plus Pvt Ltd Sunita Dube : Happy60plus Enables & Empowers Elderly for an independent living & a healthy and happy ageing. Our Holistic Eldercare Services include: 1)Help Buddy Service: A Help Buddy is a helper /companion on demand available on hourly basis . They accompany, assist seniors for outside home visits to doctors, hospitals and any other outing or run for daily errands like bill payments, deliveries, grocery shopping, whenever the senior needs. Help Buddies also provide Tech Enablement services like use of online apps for shopping, digital payments, playing online games, or using internet to pursue and learn more about a hobby. Many of these services once booked can be availed online. 2)Healthcare Service : These include Healthcare Buddies : to accompany /assist to hospital or doctor visit, or to book & coordinate the online doctor consultation, get pathological tests done, buy medicines and make it all available at the click of the button and at doorstep. Home Healthcare Services: Happy60plus provides verified, skilled and trusted medical caretakers , certified nurses to elderly needing post operative recovery once they return from hospitals, illness recovery, management of bedridden elderly and for elderly in advanced stages of Alzhiemer’s , Dementia or Geriatric and needing care . Nutrition & Fitness Services: Happy60plus Nutrition & Fitness coaches provide customised nutrition and workout plans for seniors help them to control & reverse lifestyle disease like diabetes, cholesterol , blood pressure , obesity and to reach their weight management, health and fitness goals. 3)Mental Wellness Solutions: Expert consultations through Happy60plus Life and wellness certified & experienced coaches to deal with everyday emotional issues and provide emotional wellness & happiness. 4)Social Engagement Activities : These include knowledge sharing webinars on topics of interest to seniors, Fun activities like musical evenings, tambola evenings, fun games , get togethers, yoga classes, hobby classes for seniors. These are all conducted online. All the services can be booked online through Happy60plus mobile or web app or through WhatsApp and are easily available on a click at your doorstep. Great Companies: What makes Happy60plus Pvt Ltd different from hundreds of other Eldercare Solution providers? Sunita Dube: Happy60plus is more than just a medical care solutions provider or a concierge service for elderly which other companies do. Happy60plus aims to truly Enable and Empower seniors for an independent living by providing Holistic Eldercare solutions are for physical and emotional wellness and overall happiness. It could be by assisting them in their everyday tasks through Help Buddies or being the bridge/ facilitator to avail the various Healthcare Solutions through our Healthcare Buddies , Home Healthcare Services, and taking care of their Nutrition & Fitness to avoid & control lifestyle disease. Loneliness and mental issues are the next big pandemic which are hitting the senior population for which Happy60plus has Emotional Wellness Coaches & Social Engagement Activities to make them emotionally healthy & meaningfully engaged. Happy60plus has rigorous 5 step screening process which includes BGV, EQ tests, interview etc. All our services are available at a click of a button and in the comfort of their homes. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sunita Dube : Trust Issues: Seniors citizens are most vulnerable to outsiders when it comes to their safety & security. As such it took us lot of time to build the trust which was needed by them to hire our services confidently. Now they know that Happy60plus provides reliable, responsible ,verified and trusted services and for which the staff goes through rigorous screening process and background checks. Seniors are not tech savvy and hesitant to learn something new. However they are like kids who once start something they do it with full enthusiasm. Hiring the right kind of people as our service providers who have passion to elderly with honesty and patience. In order to scale and reach more seniors we need good funding so that we can invest on our sales & marketing, refining our technology and expanding the team. Great Companies: How do you plan to grow in the future? What does 5 years down the line look like for Happy60plus Pvt Ltd? Sunita Dube : Currently we are trying for funding to scale our business to the next level and we are in final talks with some VCs. We want to expand our services to all Tier 1 cities in next two years. We want to be the one point of all Eldercare Solutions to Enable & Empower Senior Citizens of India & globally for an independent living and a healthy and happy ageing. Great Companies: If you had one piece of advice to someone just starting out, what would it be? Sunita Dube : Do something you enjoy and believe in. Entrepreneurship is a journey of ups and downs and every step is a new learning experience which you enjoy only if you believe in your goal. Don’t be discouraged by naysayers! Website : https://www.happy60plus.com/ Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/Happy60pluss Linkedin : https://www.linkedin.com/company/happy60plus/ Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/_happy60plus_/