Yakov Filippenko

Founder & CEO, Intch · 1 appearance on the record.

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Yakov Filippenko is the founder and CEO of Intch, an AI-driven networking and talent platform for flexible work. He previously co-founded SailPlay and worked in venture capital.

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Assertion Supported
Filippenko: Miro and Deel growth skyrocketed during pandemic at Altair VC
“During the pandemic some of our projects didn't feel themselves well, like travel tech startups, but some of them, like Miro or Deal they started to skyrocket, and even before the pandemic, their growth was, like, pretty significant, but pandemic Push them eve…”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 1:57 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs

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Prediction Not checkable as stated
Filippenko: SaaS companies will probably not need venture capital in near future
“So like, it looks like in the nearest future, we probably will not need like VC firms for companies which operates as a SaaS or something similar where you do not need to investigate in in, like in hardware or in biotech or something like that.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 15:10 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Top Candidates Hate AI Interviews and Hiring Demands Human Trust
“We see a lot of products that help to make AI interviews and so on, and professionals, especially the best ones, they hate the idea that like the companies they sent their AI representative to make this interview, and so, like, it looks like AI things they can…”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 18:50 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Enterprise Hiring Policies Block Fractional Talent Platforms
“We pretty soon realized that it's not, we are not good fit for big enterprises, because they have a lot of different policies of how they hire their, like, internal restrictions and so on”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 4:48 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Fractional Roles Allow SMBs to Hire Top Talent for One-Third Salary
“They can hire best professionals that in normal time will not will want to join them for full-time jobs, because they're building their, like, careers and so on, but for part-time, they're, like, can participate in it. And the second thing, which is also impor…”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 5:07 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Disclosure
Filippenko: Intch is profitable and no longer needs outside investments
“So like, and since then, we do not need investments anymore. We are, like, profitable.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 9:46 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Founders Overindex on Pitch Decks Over Product-Market Fit
“The key point is that they are focusing on, on, on the 20% thing, and the what 80% thing is that you need to have a product market fit you need to have some chemistry and as a founder with potential investors and so on, and you need to know your niche.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 11:22 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Assertion Supported
Filippenko: Miro and Deel growth skyrocketed during pandemic at Altair VC
“During the pandemic some of our projects didn't feel themselves well, like travel tech startups, but some of them, like Miro or Deal they started to skyrocket, and even before the pandemic, their growth was, like, pretty significant, but pandemic Push them eve…”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 1:57 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Filippenko: Intch grew roughly 70x in the prior year
“Like, last year, we, our growth was something like 70 x.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 9:38 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Early-stage SHA terms become critical when investors enforce them at exit
“Now I know why all of these things and terms in SHA and other founders, like, agreements are important because, like, you sign them typically in, when you're an early stage startup, but investors apply them When they on later stages when it's converts and so o…”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 23:13 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Insight
Filippenko: Early-career risk-taking functions as an option with uncapped upside
“If you will put I don't know, a hundred of people in, in the same conditions, and they will be able to choose different strategies of how they will do something the most interesting one is and most profitable is when you need to put as much risk as you can at …”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 25:05 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Disclosure
Filippenko: Intch connects companies and professionals for part-time projects
“We are like LinkedIn, but we help companies and people to find each other specifically for part-time projects.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 0:56 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs
Disclosure
Filippenko: Intch Translated Its Platform into 100+ Languages Using AI
“We like translated our product into 100 something languages with new AI products.”
Yakov Filippenko May 15, 2025 ▶ 17:19 The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs

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The Future of Flexible Work: Yakov Filippenko on Building Intch for SMBs May 15, 2025 17m
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