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IGOR
VEPRETSKI × #7YA🥷

NOT FASHION. FORCE.

I was born in Kharkiv and grew up in Jessie Cohen. Service, security and policing brought me back to a question from childhood: how do you give someone a chance to belong?

My story ↗ What I build ↓ Contact me ↗
▶ Original voice
Video · open source

434 public records · original media · open source links. Numbers stay tied to the publication and the date they were recorded.

Igor Vepretski
IGOR VEPRETSKI · 7YAPersonal photo · 7YA archive
NOT FASHION.
FORCE.
My story ↓

START HERE · choose your path

Here for something specific?
Choose your door.

7YA is both a life story and an open archive. Instead of making everyone follow the same path, go directly to what matters to you.

01 · MEET

Who is Igor?

The personal path — Kharkiv, Holon, service, policing, fatherhood, creation and the move into social building.

Full story ↗ 02 · BUILD

StartOn and youth work

The model, sources, what is already documented and what is still being built — including ways to support and partner.

Open StartOn ↗ 03 · SEE

Content, audience and distribution

Posts, video, responses and metrics by platform and date — without collapsing everything into one “impact” number.

Feed & archive ↗ 04 · VERIFY

Sources & verification

For journalists, researchers, partners — or anyone who wants to check a claim: the source stays next to the story.

Sources ↗

Ready to do something? Talk with me, explore a partnership or directly support the StartOn pilot.

Contact ↗ Support StartOn ↗ Speak with Igor on the site ↗
→ 27.10.2026

Person → work → system

Person before system · source before claim

01 / IGORThe person and the pathLife, voice and sources before the system. 02 / STARTONWork in the fieldThe public work, connected to documents and media. 03 / #7YA🥷Memory and evidenceThe system organizes; it does not replace the person.
Life album434

Public records in the life archive.

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NOW / 27.10.2026

What I publish
enters the story directly.

No waiting for “the next version of the site.” Here the media from the original publication comes before the explanation — and every card stays connected to its source.

StartOn — source mediaLINKEDIN · 13.09

StartOn: from technology to infrastructure for belonging

I wrote about why a beautiful room or VR is not the intervention; the people, boundaries and continuity are the system.

112 impressions · source linked ↗ Source mediaACADEMIA × LINKEDIN · 09.09

SUPERNOAH

What must human leadership protect when algorithms and information overload begin to erode judgment and trust?

Open the manuscript and post ↗ Source mediaLINKEDIN · 11.09

I am the person. The systems are the tools.

StartOn is a mission. 7YA is a system. Music, media and research are arenas. They do not replace the person.

Open source ↗ Igor VepretskiYOUTUBE · original video

My story, in my voice

My life story in first-person video — from the original media, not a text card.

Watch video ↗

The audience inside the story

I didn’t only publish.
Something came back.

The archive preserves the path from 2011 to today. Here you can see moments where the audience also shaped what happened next — views, comments, shares and distribution beyond my own account.

INSTAGRAM · owned · 23.11.2023213Kviews

7.4K likes · 1.1K comments · 531 saves. Reel data exported from the account; the exact Reel URL is still being reconstructed.

 FACEBOOK · external repost · fatherhood4,124reactions

148 comments · 26 shares. A personal story that continued to live beyond the original account.

 FACEBOOK · distribution to another audience2,259reactions

93 comments · 63 shares. The same kind of parenting moment, but a new conversation around it with another audience.

 YOUTUBE · external distribution · snapshot 17.08.20265.1Mviews on external distribution

82K likes · 717 comments. This metric belongs to the external post where @Igor.vepretski is tagged — not to the Igor channel.

A metric is not an outcome. Views, comments and shares describe exposure or engagement; real-world change is shown only when a source demonstrates it. Every number stays tied to its publication, platform and date.

See the reach, reactions and sources ↓

Living journey · source → audience → continuation

Here you can see
how a moment becomes a path.

Not a timeline of job titles. These are six clusters where you can open the source, see distribution and response, then move to the next documented chapter. When causality is not proven, I do not invent it.

2022STARTON · return to the neighborhood
Idea → media → public document

Return to where I came from — with more tools.

In the sources, StartOn appears as a transition from public service to building a space for youth at risk. Instead of leaving it as a career-change story, the record also preserves press coverage, video appearances and the original One Pager.

Jesse Cohen→StartOn→Coverage and interviews→Open document
mynet Holon ↗Original One Pager ↗
Igor Vepretski · StartOn
Channel 14 · public sourceFrom security service to building a center for youth at risk

A public interview from the StartOn cluster.

View source ↗
2023Family → public discussion → television
Personal experience → distribution → reactions → News 13

“סבתא שלי נפלה קורבן להונאה.”

A family experience became a public post about fraud targeting older people. The Instagram distribution snapshot preserved 1,481 likes and 49 comments; the same issue later appeared in a public News 13 interview.

Family experience→Post→1,481 likes · 49 comments→TV interview
Open publication ↗News 13 ↗
News 13 — source media
News 13 · public interviewFrom the post to the question of systemic responsibility.

The media source is preserved alongside the post — not instead of it.

Open TV source ↗
2023Fatherhood · cross-audience distribution
Personal story → external repost → discussion

“אבא מושלם — זה אבא ששם.”

The fatherhood story continued beyond the original account: a Facebook snapshot on Statusim Metzaytzim preserved 4,124 reactions, 148 comments and 26 shares; Instagram preserved 2,329 likes and 41 comments.

Fatherhood→External Facebook→External Instagram→Discussion about parental presence
Open Facebook ↗Open Instagram ↗Open editorial distribution ↗
Source media
Hidabroot · 20.02.2023 · external editorial distributionThe story moved from a personal post to an article.

At the same time: 4,124 reactions, 148 comments and 26 shares at the external Facebook node preserved in the archive.

Open original article ↗
2023Identity · cross-platform
Childhood memory → post → different audiences

“בשנות ה־90 קראו לי ‘רוסי מסריח’.”

An Israeli-Russian identity story was preserved on Instagram with 2,440 likes and 41 comments, with Facebook and LinkedIn distribution versions also in the archive. It is not one number — it is the same story opening into several audiences.

Personal memory→Instagram→Facebook→LinkedIn
Open Instagram ↗Open Facebook ↗Open source map ↗
Comments preserved in the public source
“אוהבים אותך”
“גישה מדהימה”
“למה להיות מלשין”
2,440likes · Instagram41comments · Instagram
2025Creation · collaboration · external distribution
Another creator → another audience → my source

When the same moment also lives beyond my channel.

A Nawan1 Short tagging @Igor.vepretski was documented in a public snapshot with 5.1M views, 82K likes and 717 comments. A video owned by the Igor channel is also preserved, connecting the collaboration to #7YA.

Collaboration→Distribution by an external creator→5.1M views→Source on my channel
Open external distribution ↗Open video on my channel ↗
Source media
External distribution · snapshot 17.08.20265.1M views

82K likes · 717 comments. The metric belongs to the external publication, not the Igor channel.

Open source ↗
20267YA · research · open system
Idea → post → manuscript

Not every form of impact has to be viral.

In SUPERNOAH, the same principle moves from the feed into long-form writing: agency, verification, boundaries and digital resilience. A LinkedIn post is preserved with 86 impressions, 61 unique impressions and one comment — linking directly to the Academia manuscript.

Question→LinkedIn→Academia→7YA as a working archive
Open post ↗Open manuscript ↗
SUPERNOAH — Leadership for the Algorithmic Age
LinkedIn × Academia · 09.09.2026An idea that did not stop at a post.

The post links directly to the long-form research version.

Read ↗

The paths here are not “selected achievements,” but examples of how 7YA connects life, publication, audience response and sources over time. The rest of the archive remains searchable.

Open the full life archive →

01 / My story

Not a résumé.
A life with context.

Instead of a list of roles, these are the moments that changed direction — and the publications that let you inspect them closely.

01
1990 → 2011 · Beginning

Kharkiv. Immigration. Jesse Cohen.

A childhood between languages, places and institutions. That is where the question that still follows me was born: what makes a person feel they have a place?

Period source · Makor Rishon ↗
Igor Vepretski — portrait
Not a success story.
A story of repair.
03
2022 → Now · turning point

Returning to the neighborhood with more tools.

StartOn began by returning to a familiar place and asking a simple question: how do you open a door to technology, creation and belonging for young people — without promising outcomes the sources do not yet prove?

StartOn story and sources ↗
Igor Vepretski · StartOnmynet Holon · 13.05.2022 ↗

Personal moments · REAL MEDIA

Before the system — me.

Real photos, video and moments from my life and work. No stock, no simulations, no collages. Every frame opens to context or a source.

Igor Vepretski — portraitUP CLOSEMe · before the institutions Igor VepretskiMY STORYWhere I came from, where I’m going Igor Vepretski — public serviceSERVICEPublic responsibility · one chapter Igor Vepretski — speakerSTAGETalks, speaking and people Igor Vepretski · StartOnBUILDINGStartOn · from story to action Source mediaCREATIONMusic is part of the biography Igor VepretskiWORKBuilding, writing, testing

02 / Original content

Not decorative imagery.
Things I actually published.

Video, long-form conversation, music, a public document and written posts. Every card opens its source; external distribution is separated from content I own.

Igor Vepretski Story
YOUTUBE · owned · 2026

My story, in my own voice.

First-person video. No intermediary and no one else’s summary.

Watch ↗
 SPOTIFY · owned · 1:14H

From at-risk youth to social entrepreneur

A long conversation where the path can be heard without cutting it down to 30 seconds.

Listen ↗ BIZZI feat. Vepretski
Music · 2025

BIZZI

NAWAN ft. VEPRETSKI — music as part of the biography, not an appendix.

Official video ↗
 TIKTOK · owned · 12.05.2026

#7YA × HIP-HOP

1,202 views · 42 likes · 6 comments · 4 shares. Metrics source: Metricool connected to the account.

Open original video ↗ WIKIMEDIA · my work · 29.12.2022

The original StartOn One Pager

An early public document describing the idea of interactive spaces for youth at risk.

Open document ↗ StartOn video
YOUTUBE · STARTON · 2026

StartOn on video

The idea, the space and the connection to youth.

Watch ↗
 INSTAGRAM · owned · 17.10.2023

The superheroes of this time

A personal Reel created during a period of public fear as thanks to people acting on the ground.

Open Reel ↗ Nawan1 short with Igor Vepretski
External distribution · NAWAN1 · snapshot 17.08.2026

When the content no longer stays only with me.

An external Short tagging @Igor.vepretski. A dated screenshot in the 7YA archive documented 5.1M views, 82K likes and 717 comments. This is a metric of the external distribution, not the Igor channel.

Open external source ↗

Life album · scale

Not how many posts.
Years of presence.

These figures are documented record counts in the Master Public Record — not total views and not an attempt to combine unlike metrics into one number.

Full life archive434public records269 with a public URL · 170 with a numerical metric ↗
157Facebook 138Instagram 46YouTube 21LinkedIn 18TikTok 59Curated feed
20111
20209
202228
202347
2024106
202547
202697

Source: complete media library → public projection, 18.09.2026. Duplicate records are preserved only when they represent a separate distribution/mirror; private Drive links are not exposed.

03 / Public response

Not only what I published.
What people did with it.

Comments, saves, shares and distribution beyond my account. Metrics stay tied to a source and date, and external distribution stays explicitly labeled external.

INSTAGRAM · owned · 23.11.2023

The special ingredient #israel

213Kviews7.4Klikes1.1Kcomments531saves

Reel data exported from the account. The exact Reel URL is still being reconstructed, so the link opens the canonical profile.

 FACEBOOK · external repost

אבא מושלם — זה אבא ששם

4,124reactions148comments26shares

A fatherhood story that continued to live beyond the original account.

 FACEBOOK · HOHAVIM · external

תחילת השבוע הגננת מתקשרת

2,259reactions93comments63shares

Replicated distribution showing how the story moved between audiences.

 INSTAGRAM · external repost · 07.02.2023

סבתא שלי נפלה קורבן להונאה

1,481likes49comments

From a post to public discussion, and later to media attention around elder fraud.

 INSTAGRAM · identity · 24.05.2023

״רוסי מסריח״

2.4Klikes41comments

An identity story that crossed Facebook, Instagram and LinkedIn.

 INSTAGRAM · owned · 19.11.2024

#אהבה #מחויבות #נישואין

91likes29comments

A personal Reel that turned into a direct conversation with the audience.
Public comments · verified source

Voices from the comments

Short excerpts from public comments that can be opened at the source. Names are not shown here, and the comments are not presented as though all of them are positive.

FACEBOOK · fatherhoodצודק לגמרי.פוסט מעולה. חזקמהמם ומדויק!מילים יפות ופוסטים בפייסבוק לא יחליפו את המעשים.Open public discussion ↗ INSTAGRAM · elder fraudבושה!פשוט מזעזעצריך יד קשה עם הבנקיםבנק עם שירות מעולה וגמישOpen public discussion ↗ INSTAGRAM · identityאוהבים אותךגישה מדהימהאיגור התותח, המלא השראה וחסד.למה להיות מלשיןOpen public discussion ↗ INSTAGRAM · life itselfמרגישה מותקפת 😂אני רוצה איתך ילדים 😂חזקעכשיו גם לא תשים לך לייקים 😂Open Reel and comments ↗

I do not quote a person’s comment without a visible, verified text source. For now, verified comment and distribution counts are shown; selected quotes are added only when the text itself can be verified.

04 / Visual archive

Less explaining.
More seeing.

Archive portraits, interviews, television, StartOn and music. Every item is a real image or frame from a public source that opens on click.

Igor Vepretski — portraitIgor · personal archive Igor Vepretski — interviewNews 13 · 2023 ↗ Igor Vepretski · StartOnmynet · return to Jesse Cohen ↗ Igor VepretskiFatherhood · public publication ↗ Igor Vepretski — portraitStage · talks · conversation Igor Vepretski — interviewInterview · protecting older adults ↗ StartOn — source mediaStartOn · video ↗ BIZZI feat. VepretskiBIZZI · NAWAN ft. VEPRETSKI ↗ Igor Vepretski — public serviceService · public responsibility Igor Vepretski — interviewLong-form conversation · video ↗

05 / What I build

Three things
I am building now.

01 / MISSION

StartOn

A safe space for technology, learning, creation and belonging for young people who need an opportunity.

Mission and sources ↗ 02 / QUESTIONS

Research

Identity, trust, opportunity and public memory — questions before conclusions, limitations alongside claims.

Open research ↗ Source media
03 / CREATE

CREATION

Music, video and collaborations. Not a hobby in the footer — part of the identity.

Watch and listen ↗

06 / Listen without shortening

Some things
need an hour.

Here the conversation is not built for the algorithm. Two long episodes and one video let you know the story at a different pace.

SPOTIFY · 01.01.2024

From at-risk youth to social entrepreneur

1:14 hours · episode owned by Igor Vepretski.

SPOTIFY · 02.01.2024

Mindset with Shlomi Haster

1:09 hours · changing perspective, life and social entrepreneurship.

YOUTUBE · 2026

What’s your story?

A life story in first-person video.

07 / Writing and thought

Not only what I did.
What I learn from it.

STARTON · 13.09.2026
״טכנולוגיה לבדה אינה ההתערבות. חדר יפה לבדו אינו ההתערבות.״

A reflection on the shift from a VR room to a systemic question: belonging, community, professionals and measurement.

Read ↗ 7YA · 12.09.2026
״האדם לפני המותג. הסיפור לפני המערכת. הראיה לפני הטענה.״

Why 7YA is built as public memory with provenance instead of another profile.

Read ↗ ACADEMIA · SUPERNOAH
Leadership for the Algorithmic Age

Founder edition on agency, verification, boundaries, trust and resilience in an era of information overload and AI.

Open manuscript ↗

08 / Live feed

434 records.
Not three cards.

The Master Public Record connects the past from every platform into the live feed: posts, video, articles, interviews, podcasts, music and external distribution. The curated corpus stays first; after it, the broader history can be browsed and searched.

All media and publications ↗Public library ↗Evidence and sources ↗

09 / Questions I work on

People before systems.
Questions before answers.

10 / Continue from here

If something in this story
resonates with something in yours—

We can talk about a partnership, a talk, StartOn, a creative project, or an idea that doesn't have a name yet.

Contact ↗