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Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Neeraj Shah: The Event Architects (TEA) is an EMC operating from Vapi/Daman/Silvassa with an objective to provide clients with everlasting memories through excellence in event services. The idea to initiate TEA came from observation of people / industries undergoing lots of inconvenience and stress in managing various events. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Neeraj Shah: End-to-end solutions for all kinds of events ranging from conceptualisation, budgeting, micro-planning, event production, venue management, catering, artist management, hospitality, decor, photography-videography, pro-sound & light, valet parking, complete on-site management and co-ordination, etc. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Neeraj Shah: Passion for excellence. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Neeraj Shah: Convincing client for value addition inputs and unorganized players offering cheap options creating a value for money illusion. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Neeraj Shah: Integrity, Professional approach, positive mind-set, out of the box creativity and thorough planning.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Steve Sebbes: For over 20 years, we have been on a mission. The mission: to help as many people get through their financial difficulties and succeed. It’s a mission born out of our own previous experiences as a struggling business owners. Determined and clear about the business purpose, Wisdom Business Consulting is a company that has helped hundreds of struggling business owners/directors not just to pull through, but to flourish. Our unique model includes business restructuring to minimise financial risk as well as providing pre-insolvency advice. With over 500 pre-insolvency jobs under our belt, there isn’t any situation that Wisdom hasn’t seen before. In fact, Wisdom's experience spans across a variety of industries: from builders and trade-related companies to manufacturing, transport, hotels/motels, restaurants and everything in between. Regardless of the industry and business size, Wisdom knows exactly how to help. Wisdom has the knowledge and experience, coupled with a genuine passion for helping businesses. Wisdom can help your business, not only to survive, but to thrive. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Steve Sebbes: Business Restructuring, Bank Negotiations, Asset Protection, Creditor Negotiations, New Company/Business Set Up, Debt Consolidation, Trusts, Personal & Business Accounting, Self-Managed Superfund Solutions, Evaluate Insolvency alternatives, Private Lending, Design & Management of Insolvency Strategies, Cash Flow Finance, Liquidation & Bankruptcy process management. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Steve Sebbes: Having the right advice and support through difficult financial situations ensures the best possible result with the least amount of stress, cost and long term ramifications. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Steve Sebbes: Typically business owners/directors suffer in silence and don’t discuss their financial failures until it’s too late. We would like to speak with potential clients sooner rather than later to achieve the best outcome. At Wisdom we operate under strict confidential guidelines to ensure our clients feel comfortable and supported throughout their process. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Steve Sebbes: Communication is the key, treat people well during the most traumatic times in their business life, solutions that are real, remain fair, dedicated and supportive at all times.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Pranavkumar Kevadia: With having 15 years of residential construction management experience, I have decided to purchase this business to utilize my knowledge, experience and fulfill the gap of consumer's expectation by providing them true and practical solution for their desires. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Pranavkumar Kevadia: We are specialized in custom made residential kitchen, bathroom, laundry, home office, wardrobe, and entertainment unit, we also do corporate office’s kitchen & joineries, commercial shop fit outs, school/childcare kitchens, and colleges joinery. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Pranavkumar Kevadia: 7 reason to choose AJB Kitchens:- · Multi Award-Winning Company. · You’ll be kept informed during the whole process. · 10-year Guarantee on boards and lifetime warranty on all Blum hardware. · Personalized Service. · Community Support. · Environmentally Aware. · Value for Money Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Pranavkumar Kevadia: Current market is very much price sensitive, we are struggling to compete against price with dodgy trades peoples working without license. We use only Australian made products. To hire skilled trade’s person is another biggest challenge for us. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Pranavkumar Kevadia: Technical know-how, good sales speech, honesty, negotiation skill.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Tanya Maclennan: My Husband (now ex, but still business partner) and I returned from Australia after 8 yrs. He was previously a mortgage broker and we decided to set up independently - so I got myself qualified as I had always worked within the business, just not as an advisor. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Tanya Maclennan: All mortgage ranges from residential to buy to let (except commercial). Protection needs associated with them. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Tanya Maclennan: We are very personable and pride ourselves on delivering very honest and quality advice to our clients in order to maintain long standing trusting relationships. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Tanya Maclennan: There is a vast amount of competition so generating new leads. However we have good referral business. Keeping on top of compliance, regulations and keeping up with lenders changes to their products is time consuming though a necessity. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Tanya Maclennan: Be Learning and developing. Exceeding customer expectations and providing them with the security that they are in safe hands. Communication is key and challenges advised and overcome.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Joseph Antony: Was working as Accountant in a Tour Operating company where got the ambition to start my own company later once I become financially sound. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Joseph Antony: International and Domestic Tours, Ticketing and visas etc. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Joseph Antony: Trust and Service. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Joseph Antony: Competition. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Joseph Antony: Trust and Service.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Sanja Jovanovic: We use theatre based training techniques to help people face public speaking engagements with more confidence, supporting their brand and building their credibility in their field. We started the business when someone approached us after one of our theatre productions and jokingly said "I wish my staff had the confidence you do" and the idea was planted in my mind in that moment. I realised I could teach his staff to have the confidence I do - and in a fun, relaxed and interactive way! Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Sanja Jovanovic: We offer group training courses for public speaking confidence with teams across Australia. We also have an MC offering to run events on behalf of clients and manage the stage for them. Voice over work is a new service we have started offering as a result of change in business from Covid19 - we hope to support client's marketing efforts with professional voice actors. We are also just about to start offering online training for individual professional development in speaking, confidence, interview skills and more. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Sanja Jovanovic: We practice what we preach. We are perform in theatre productions every year, we host an online TV broadcast, we speak on podcasts and radio - we believe it's important for the integrity of business to put into practice everything that we teach. We are on stage and screen every week - we don't teach a skill we've used many years ago. We teach skills that we are actively using and refining every day! And we move with the times so we can evolve with Covid19's effects and offer workshops more broadly across the world. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sanja Jovanovic: In the past, we have struggled to grow and scale as I have been offering the workshops in person and there are only so many hours in the day. In some ways, Covid 19 has presented an opportunity and perspective for how we may scale and offer our work more broadly. This has changed the way we approach coaching and our content has shifted but it should work well! We're working to overcome the very present challenges of Covid19 and will continue to be proactive and creative to come out of this struggle on top. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Sanja Jovanovic: Build a network! We have built solid relationships with our clients and referral partners which has been the contributing factor to our growth and success. As a result, we've never had to spend money on advertising as our referral base has been supportive. Also have clear separation of work and life - the balance is important. For me personally, work stays in the office so that home can be the space to connect with others and manage my emotional health. This is important to me and has been a successful model.

Great companies: please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Mr Vikram S Kotian: I was working for the export import company as manager and was well versed with all the documents and procedures.  But I realized that if I start an export import consultancy business I will be in an independent position doing self-business.  But I had to struggle for nearly 5 years and thereafter I got established and started making money. Great companies: what are the various services and products provided by your company? Mr Vikram S Kotian: In export import consultancy all post export benefits which is given to exporters by the government. In the export business I am doing merchant export business exporting such as stainless steel utensils, aluminium utensils and plastic household items. Great companies: why should one choose you over others in this field? Mr Vikram S Kotian: Because I have faced many challenges during the course of business. Great companies: what are the struggles and challenges you face? Mr Vikram S Kotian: In the beginning some exporters did not make my payments for the services I have rendered to them and during this period I had diverted too many other business which I totally lost.  Also in my export business I have made loss and because of my hard work I am surviving. Great companies: what do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Mr Vikram S Kotian: Be honest hard working face any problem in the business  not to lose confidence and surrender yourself in hard times.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Christopher John: This business was inspired by my father, Mr Peter and my grandfather, Mr Sandiago. My grandfather was a cleaner and the landscaper during the post-war in Singapore.  It was a time when everybody was trying to survive and feed their families.  My father lived in a village where everybody stick together and you see your friends and families who stay together. My grandfather would cycle around the estates of well to do would go to different places and and he would clean and maintain the  plants.  My father after school you would like to go down to the different places and he would help my grandfather do the  sweeping and maintaining the places. After my father  finished his studies and worked for a manufacturing company for almost 30 years, my father was retrenched from the company.  It was a hard time for the family all of us were  growing up. During the time of reflection my father at least thought about his dad and but why not do a cleaning services business so he spoke to my uncle who had experience in cleaning services and they decided to collaborate. Then Crystal maintenance private Limited started. I was a counselor for youth services agency for about 8 years.  I felt called by God to serve the youth and families.  During this time my dad was thinking about continuity plans and who's going to take over. We had a discussion and i decided to come to the family business and so the cleaners and their families. After 2 years my dad and I decided to start a second arm, Crystal facilities private Limited. We look into landscaping and cleaning of common areas in churches Condominiums and commercial buildings. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Christopher John: We decided to form a group (Crystal Maintenance pte Ltd and Crystal Facilities Pte Ltd)  that the pest control, landscapers and cleaning to come together and form tri model service. Shortly my sister , Veronica and my brother Charles also came in. My sister is in charge of the social emotional portion of the cleaners where she will look into the families and the needs of the staff. My brother, Charles, he will be leading the online store that launched during covid 19 pandemic.  We offer sanitizing and disinfecting services for protection and prevention for offices and buildings. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Christopher John: We believe that challenging the status quo on using dangerous chemicals, keeping staff in a vulnerable situation to clean dirt. Why not environmentally safe chemicals and  Cleaners to feel that they are keys players in the market place and respected professionals, This cleaning company has a counselor, social worker combined years 18 Years, an online store and a mentor who has at least managed 400 people for almost 30 years and 17 Years of being in the cleaning industry. Have confidence and Trust and you will succeed. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Christopher John: We struggle to remind our staff of their importance of their existence.They make the effort to clean up the rubbish and keep our common areas clean. Raising the salary will not be enough. Sky's the limit. The importance is the existence of gratitude shown to the cleaners by the users. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Christopher John: The trust in the confidence that we have for each other from director to cleaner. We are one team. Your Trust our confidence. Together, we reach and excel. Safety, handwork and Love.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Siddhant Jaiswal: We provide all types of home appliances of all leading brands and after sales services too. Actually I want to do MBA but at that time the scope of MBA going down then I got an idea one of my friend to start business so my interest is in Electronics then I started. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Siddhant Jaiswal: We provide all types of home appliances like T.V, Air conditioner, Refrigerator, Washing Machine, Oven, Mixer Grinder, laptop, etc. And all types of services regarding all this appliances. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Siddhant Jaiswal: Because we are one stop solution of all your Electronics need. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Siddhant Jaiswal: I faced capital challenges as I started my business all depend on myself and my mother and other was as usual competition. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Siddhant Jaiswal: According to me Discipline and commitment are the most important.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Nikunj Kedia: We are in this industry since 1984, we are specialized in making PPE kit, HIV kits, Delivery kit, our two directors being doctors we are always focused on Quality. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Nikunj Kedia: Face Mask, PPE Kit, Gown, Gloves, Face Shield, Bed Sheet. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Nikunj Kedia: Certified Products at economical rates. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Nikunj Kedia: Raw material, Fixed cost and unorganized player. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Nikunj Kedia: Hard Work, Patience, Focus and continue to do quality work you will one day definitely get the result of it.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Sachindra Siddella: Making films always fascinated me and the passion led me to do Film Studies, after completing that, I worked in various Film Production Houses making feature films and Television Programs and eventually established this Company. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Sachindra Siddella: Fiction and Non-fiction, Films and Videos, Feature Films, Web Series, Promotional Videos, Ad Commercials, Corporate Videos, Process Videos, Multi Camera Events Broadcasting ,Industrial Videos, Educational, Innovative, Virtual Reality, 3 D Walk Through Videos, Product Videos etc. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Sachindra Siddella: We have Award Winning Professionals specialised in this field and have received Awards in various categories and formats of Film and Videos Making. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Sachindra Siddella: Unqualified players with inexperience and substandard skills on content and under quoting has been the biggest challenge we are facing. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Sachindra Siddella: Prompt and customised delivery and a satisfied client.

Great Companies: Please tell me something about the business and how did you come up with such an idea? Kanishk Nisar: I am a second generation businessman, with hard work and dedication my father has setup a big empire for me to handle. I have been trying to expand my business by giving customers an experience other printing companies cannot provide. Strong after sales service and a team of 50 + employees make us reliable in our field of work and our customers trust us every time. We are doing something other companies are not giving attention to - giving a quick after sales service and making your customers come back to you. This is how we define success. Great Companies: What are the various services and products provided by your company? Kanishk Nisar: Commercial Printing - Marketing collaterals like - Catalogues, Brochures, Leaflets, Mugs, T shirts, Hoardings, Sunboards, etc. Great Companies: Why should one choose you over others in this field? Kanishk Nisar: We are more than 30 years old in the field. We are well known in Mumbai. Our quality speaks for us. Great Companies: What are the struggles and challenges you face? Kanishk Nisar: Competitors offering lower price but quality of product is inadequate. Customers do not realise this as they don’t actually have anything to compare it with. Great Companies: What do you think are the few main things which are most important for a successful business? Kanishk Nisar: Dedication, Hard work and Quality.