Yelp Names Latinx-Owned Businesses “Ones to Watch” in Food and Beauty for 2021
In celebration of last year’s Latinx Heritage Month, Yelp announced the Latinx-owned business attribute in partnership with Momento Latino to help people support Latinx entrepreneurs in their local communities across the country. Since its 2020 launch, more than 24,000 businesses have self-identified as Latinx-owned on Yelp, making it easier than ever for consumers to find these local… Read more
Yelp Names Latinx-Owned Businesses as “Ones to Watch” in Home & Decor for 2021
In celebration of last year’s Latinx Heritage Month, Yelp announced the Latinx-owned business attribute in partnership with Momento Latino to help people support Latinx entrepreneurs in their local communities across the country. Since its 2020 launch, more than 24,000 businesses have self-identified as Latinx-owned on Yelp, making it easier than ever for consumers to find… Read more
Why Yelp’s hiring strategy in Canada no longer requires being in an office
When Yelp first started building engineering and product teams in Canada in 2019, our plan was to create a workforce based out of our Toronto office. Over the past year as we adapted to being an entirely remote workforce we realized, like many companies, that people don’t need to work in offices to be collaborative… Read more
PRIDE Month at Yelp
This year, Yelp celebrated PRIDE month with a variety of events ranging from intimate discussions with members of OUTburst (Yelp’s employee resource group for the LGBTQ+ community) to a publicly streamed discussion on corporate “rainbow washing” with diversity leaders from large corporations. We started off PRIDE month with an employee panel discussion about allyship within… Read more
Open Dialogue on Rainbow-Washing, Social Responsibility, and the Importance of Being Open to All
Yelp and Open To All co-hosted a special Pride panel featuring D&I leaders from H&M, Gap Inc. & The Body Shop during this year’s Pride month. There’s no doubt that companies like these help shape our society, but with power comes responsibility. During this event the panelist discussed the realities of corporate “rainbow-washing,” the responsibility… Read more
Yelp Recognizes Juneteenth as Global Paid Holiday
This year marks the start of Yelp recognizing Juneteenth as a global paid holiday. Observed on Friday, June 18, Juneteenth (also known as Freedom Day or Emancipation Day) is known as the day that commemorates the end of slavery in the United States and recognizes Black freedom and achievement. We invited Dr. Marguerite Hinrichs to… Read more
Book Talk with the Authors of “The New Builders”
In May, our Chief Operating Officer Jed Nachman talked with Elizabeth MacBride and Seth Levine, authors of “The New Builders.” In their book they discuss entrepreneurship and small businesses from a new angle. At Yelp, we connect people with great local businesses, so we were very eager to learn more about this fascinating topic. Here… Read more
The Gold House Founders Network
In May, Yelp launched an Asian-owned business attribute to make it even easier to find and support local Asian-owned businesses. With the escalation of anti-Asian hate crimes and violence we’ve seen across the nation during the pandemic, there has never been a more important time to support the Asian American community. For the attribute launch,… Read more
3 ways to make your company more inclusive for LGBTQ+ employees
The path to LGBTQ+ equality continues to be a rocky one. On one hand, the Biden administration recently announced that gay and transgender people will (once again) be protected from discrimination in health care. At the same time, we are experiencing a wave of anti-transgender legislation across the nation. My first foray into LGBTQ+ workplace… Read more
Yelp makes it easy to support LGBTQ-owned businesses, and find “Open to All” places to celebrate Pride
To celebrate Pride Month, Yelp is making it easier than ever for consumers to support businesses that align with their values, and find safe and welcoming places to enjoy Pride celebrations all month long. Starting today, Yelp is introducing an LGBTQ-owned business attribute that will allow business owners to self identify as LGBTQ-owned. In addition,… Read more