Articles by Uli Bilke:
Yelp Celebrates SF Pride Hosting LGBTQ Business Owners at Rainbow Bazaar
On Thursday, June 22, Yelp invited two dozen local LGBTQ+ owned businesses to our first Rainbow Bazaar to celebrate Pride. Our employee community came together for a night of mingling and fun: featuring various food items, such as juicy pulled pork sliders, drinks – who can say no to mimosas? – and an array of… Read more
Holiday Market at Yelp HQ
We all know how it is: The holidays are approaching fast and you end up braving the throngs in Union Square to get your last minute shopping done. This year here at Yelp, we decided to help our employees to avoid this stressful trip to and instead invited 20 artisans to sell their hand-crafted goods… Read more
Inaugural Queer Mornings @Yelp
On Friday, December 17, Yelp’s LGBT employee alliance and Out & Equal invited 25 leaders of various LGBT employee resource groups for a breakfast meeting. We wanted to get to know each other and talk about the opportunities and challenges we all face in our groups. What did we talk about? The wider purpose of… Read more
A Very Gay, Educational Evening At Yelp
On Tuesday, July 12th, OutBurst and the Local Business Outreach team hosted an educational event for the LGBT business owner community. We partnered with the Golden Gate Business Organization (GGBA), a non-profit business organization founded by LGBT entrepreneurs, and the evening went off without a hitch. We invited business owners to Yelp HQ from all… Read more
Yelp and StartOut Serve Alphabet Soup
Earlier this week, Yelp’s LGBT resource group — OutBurst — kicked off this year’s Pride celebrations with an Alphabet Mixer at Yelp HQ. What’s an Alphabet Mixer? It’s our way of bringing together our LGBTQ+ community. The mixer centered around a simple idea: come with someone who doesn’t share your letter — if you’re an… Read more
A Ride To Thrive: Giving Back To The Local Community
A few of Yelp’s committed and brave souls (and awesome friends!) took over the SoulCycle in SF’s Castro district on a Saturday afternoon. Their mission? To not only sweat out 10% of their body mass in sheer perspiration, but to also raise funds for a few great local non-profits. We collaborated with a couple of… Read more
Living La Vida Local in San Francisco
I’ve lived in San Francisco for almost eight years, I’ve had countless visitors from all over the world and often I volunteer to be their personal tour guide. By the end of their visit, their feet are usually hurting really bad as I’ve most likely dragged them over all the 43 hills of San Francisco:… Read more