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In honor of Latinx Heritage Month, we’ve compiled a list of beloved Latinx-owned food and beauty businesses across the country, found on Yelp. Through food and beauty, with flavors, colors,…
In honor of Latinx Heritage Month this year, we’re sharing a list of standout Latinx-owned home and decor businesses on our platform. Whether you’re looking for a modern sofa, Mexican…
To celebrate the upcoming Latinx Heritage Month and the rich, vibrant culture of this community, we compiled some of our best resources and tips to help Latinx-owned businesses succeed and…
From our national celebration titles (Latinx Heritage Month) to how we address colleagues in our virtual meetings (y’all, folks, everybody, etc.), the language we use is crucial in defining an…
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…
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…
As part of our Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month celebration, we hosted an employee panel focused on the realities of the “model minority myth” and how some of our leaders…
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.
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…
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…
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…
To better connect our employees with leadership in 2021, we began hosting quarterly conversations with members from Yelp’s board (in February we talked to Tony Wells). For this quarter’s installment,…