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Leonid Knyshov

San Francisco Bay Area

Expert at crafting opening statements for in-person elevator pitches shorter than 10 seconds and at app demos. Try a 5-min call FREE: https://clarity.fm/wiseleo/free5

I founded three startups. They are called Crashproof Solutions, Sendlinks, and Vostimonial.

Sendlinks helps entrepreneurs get their first 1000 customers. Merchants can send unique trackable links to landing pages to cell phones of their prospects.
At Crashproof Solutions, I prepare businesses to survive disasters. Identified unique sales channel that I am currently developing. Converted a typical time/expenses service offering into a differentiated product.

At Vostimonial, I help businesses capture audio testimonials from their existing customers at the height of emotions before they have a chance to walk away and then convert the into written reviews.

My background is being an IT consultant since 1994. Prior employers include WSGR and VerticalNet. I also worked in door to door sales, automotive sales, and enterprise software solution sales.

$5.00/min

7 Calls

16 Reviews

34 minutes
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How to Use Quora for Business Responsibly - I Am a Top Writer

Quora has various undocumented features and policies that govern how to use it for business. You can use it for promoting your business within guidelines. For example, one policy requires you to mention your company and role within that company.

I am a current Top Writer with 5000 followers and 200,000 monthly page views on answers.

in-Person Elevator Pitch

Take advantage of the 5-min FREE call to work on your pitch today. https://clarity.fm/wiseleo/free5

If you can come up with action statements like that yourself, which got you to look at this profile, you don't need me. If, however, you are like most other startup founders who struggle when asked "what do you do", you should talk to me today.

Samples of mini-pitches:
"We prepare businesses to survive any disaster" - 3 seconds
"Our app lets you capture testimonials from your customers before they have a chance to walk away from your table" - 6 seconds
"I serve divorce and civil papers on hard to find individuals typically in less than 3 days and instantly notify you" - 8 seconds

I routinely talk to 50+ people per day at large networking events, most of whom get to see at least a brief app demo.

It is very difficult to distill what is the essence of your business, especially when you are still working on the idea. It used to take me weeks.

I will work with you on how to make the person you are talking to, if she is a qualified prospect, instantly interested in what you have to offer.

Among other things, I am the person who runs this meetup group: http://www.meetup.com/Startup-Pitch-Practice-Club/

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Very useful call with practical feedback. A lot better than generic online articles. Plus Leonid gave me specific suggestions on how I can make my pitch deck appealing to investors!

Dmitri Golub Source: Clarity

Leo, was very insightful in helping to articulate a pitch for my startup. Went over and above sending me information that would be helpful with my business. Highly recommended!

Nick Owens Source: Clarity

Had a great talk with Leonid. I had problems with my pitch of my art and he helped reframing my pitch. Additionally he gave me a good idea how to show my art in a conversation. I highly recommend to talk to him if you want to work on your pitch of your service or product.

Andreas Kopp Source: Clarity

Leonid is a Microsoft and virtualization technologies expert. One interesting project he did for us back in the early 2000's, was to migrate us from Windows NT4 to Windows 2000. At the time, our NT4 PDC and BDC were in a clustered configuration, which was not supported by Microsoft. He managed to migrate everyone to Windows 2000 over the weekend using procedures that involved setting up virtual domain controllers and modifying Active Directory manually and there was no impact on our production environment the following Monday.

Wayne Mak Source: LinkedIn

Leo has an amazing ability to solve my computer-related problems. He helped me fix a particularly annoying. I had Internet connectivity and yet I couldn't go anywhere. He figured out immediately that it was an LSP problem in Winsock (whatever that means!), and helped me correct it. Even more amazing is he has accomplished this over the phone or by instant messaging. I have worked with Leo twice now and he has showed me that he is extremely knowledgeable in removing viruses, getting my computer working again, and walking me through step by step on how to complete the process with a ton of patience. I would definitely recommend Leo!! My computer is working better than ever. You are the BEST!

Baby D Source: LinkedIn

Leonid is a man of integrity, initiative and vision. His ability to provide a solution to maximize efficiency and revenue is unsurpassed.

Felicity Pletz Source: LinkedIn

I would like to recommend Leonid for a number of reasons. Leonid is quite simply stated brilliant when it comes to technology. He has attended many conferences where I've personally seen him explain complex topics to non- technology people and then immediately switch to communications with very technical people. As a vendor I've appeciated his willingness to jump in and volunteer his time for a variety requests from staffing a booth, to presenting, to helping field questions.
Leonid has been a great partner to team with.

Suzanne Lavine Source: LinkedIn

Leo is extremely committed to helping you solve your problem. I hired him for clearing up a "nasty" virus. He gave of himself and went beyond the call of duty to help. A fabulous individual!

THANKS LEO!

Christie Glancy Source: LinkedIn

Leonid is one of those people that everyone dreams about having in their corner. He is super intelligent, highly respected in the IT world and has never been at a loss for a solution. He knows his stuff so well, that Microsoft consults him to give seminars at their offices. He is a great find in the sea of IT options.

Jennifer Goodwin Source: LinkedIn

Leo helped me get my network up and running. He was very good about listening to my concerns and implementing a solution that met them. He's also great at explaining difficult concepts in a clear, concise way.

Erikka Innes Source: LinkedIn

Today's business solutions require access to individuals with not only deep expertise, but the ability to innovate and be creative. I can assure you that Leonid Knyshov & Crashproof Solutions offer such an approach to solutions. I have worked with Leo on multiple occasions where a creative and flexible approach is a must. On each occasion, Leo has offered brilliant Microsoft technical insight that even the most experienced IT management personnel had not yet considered and the results yielded great savings.

Michael Cormier Source: LinkedIn

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