Yelp

Yelp

Yelp is a web 2.0 company that operates a social networking and user review website by the same name. Yelp hosts an online database of user-generated reviews of local businesses. It is the ultimate city guide that taps into the community's voice and reveals honest and current insights on local businesses and services on everything.

quick facts
Founded:July 2004
Founders:Jeremy Stoppelman, Russel Simmons
Headquarters:San Francisco, California

Yelp founders

Jeremy Stoppelman
Jeremy Stoppelman

Jeremy co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Russel Simmons. Prior to Yelp, Jeremy was the VP of engineering at PayPal. He left PayPal in the summer of 2003 to attend the Harvard Business School. Upon completing his first year at HBS, Jeremy joined an incubator started...
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Russel Simmons
Russel Simmons

Russ co-founded Yelp Inc. in July 2004 with former colleague and friend Jeremy Stoppelman. Prior to Yelp, Russ was one of the early employees and the lead software architect at PayPal. He led a team of top engineers on critical projects related to security, scalability, stability, and...
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Revenue history for Yelp

RevenueDate
$30,000,000 2009
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Headquarters of Yelp

San Francisco
San Francisco
Founded:June 29, 1776
Population:805,235

San Francisco , officially the City and County of San Francisco, is the financial, cultural, and transportation center of the San Francisco Bay Area, a region of 7.6 million people which includes San Jose and Oakland. The only consolidated city-county in California, it encompasses a land area...
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Frequently Asked Questions

  • Q:
    Where is the corporate headquarters of Yelp?
  • A:
    The main office is located in San Francisco, California.
  • Q:
    Which firms invested in Yelp?
  • A:
    Investments were made by from the following firms:
    - Benchmark Capital
    - Bessemer Venture Partners
    - Max Levchin
  • Q:
    What ad slogan is used for marketing Yelp?
  • A:
    Yelp's popular marketing includes: "Real People. Real Reviews."
  • Q:
    Who was the company founder of Yelp?
  • A:
    Jeremy Stoppelman started the company.
  • Q:
    When was Yelp founded?
  • A:
    The business was founded in July, 2004.

Slogans

  • Real People. Real Reviews.

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