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Website: http://www.yelp.com/

Blog: http://blog.yelp.com/

Yelp is the fun and easy way to find, review and talk about what's great (and not so great) in your world. You already know that asking friends is the best way to find restaurants, dentists, hairstylists, and anything local. Yelp makes it fast and easy by collecting and organizing your friends' recommendations in one convenient place.

Address: 706 Mission St San Francisco, CA 94103 Map it »

Founded: 07/2004

Employees: 200

Industry: Consumer Internet

Sub-Industry: Content / Information

Legal Structure: Corporation

Ownership: Private

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Board of Directors

Date	Type	Capital Amount	Post-Money Valuation	Investors
07/2004	Series A	1M	Unknown	Max Levchin
10/2005	Series B	5M	Unknown	Bessemer Venture Partners
10/2006	Series C	10M	Unknown	Benchmark Capital
02/28/2008	Series D	15M	Unknown	DAG Ventures, Bessemer Venture Partners, Benchmark Capital

Name:	Yelp
Product URL:	http://www.yelp.com/
Description:	Yelp hosts an online database of user-generated reviews of local businesses. Site visitors interested in finding a product or service may search or browse listings by geographic location and "star rating," among other fields, to find businesses of particular interest to them. The website also has a forum for online socialization and to discuss local businesses and events.
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09/02/2009 02:39AM by limguine

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Bullish Opinions (16)	Author/Date
my goto for social gatherings Add Comment	sherpa22 08/10/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
great for finding a new restaurant to eat at Add Comment	ablanky 08/10/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
very informative site; always check it before trying out a new restaurant Add Comment	mngofasho 08/05/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
easily the best place for restaurant reviews Add Comment	tommyb 08/05/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
Extremely addictive Add Comment	meirav 06/26/2008	100% 3 votes 3 0% 0
Great Team, great idea, great funding! Add Comment	gordonng 05/19/2008	100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
They are allowing businesses to claim their profile and participate Add Comment	willy.b 04/29/2008	100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Review sites are going to be huge. Add Comment	xiaowei 04/29/2008	100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
The power of the reviews on this site to attract more users is vastly underestimated Add Comment	bobfet1 04/28/2008	50% 2 votes 1 50% 1
The site is sticky Add Comment	seichert 04/28/2008	100% 4 votes 4 0% 0
Completely unoriginal idea + Great execution = Awesome product! Add Comment	ywong137 04/22/2008	100% 8 votes 8 0% 0
With another $15mm in the bank, Yelp has plenty of cash to grow the brand Add Comment	dave 02/26/2008	90% 10 votes 9 10% 1
Merchants are beginning to respond to cmts which validates the impt of Yelp to their biz. Add Comment	lcheng 01/22/2008	92% 12 votes 11 8% 1
I pretty much use Yelp for everything now. Add Comment	angel 01/10/2008	82% 11 votes 9 18% 2
They have beaten out a number of competitors in the space (Insider Pages and Judy's Book) Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008	100% 16 votes 16 0% 0
Very active and well developed community. Add Comment	bill 01/10/2008	100% 17 votes 17 0% 0

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Yelp got hammered on public radio talkshow KQED Forum this morning. Add Comment	juanita 01/09/2009		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
New strategy for monetization seems to have backfired 2 comments Add Comment	aa90089 08/10/2008		100% 2 votes 2 0% 0
http://cbs5.com/wrapper_consumer/seenon/Yelp.Internet.ratings.2.787400.html	aa90089	08/10/2008
http://www.entrepreneur.com/management/operations/article197278.html	jcasbah	10/09/2008
Why is there no Canadian Support? Expand to Canada and increase your marketplace immensely! 1 comment Add Comment	descott 09/10/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Yelp launched in Canada a few months ago	jcasbah	10/09/2008
Monetization will disappoint investors who've coughed up $31 million Add Comment	tecarmona 08/12/2008		100% 1 vote 1 0% 0
Reviews aren't always that great Add Comment	green33 04/15/2008		67% 12 votes 8 33% 4
It's relatively difficult to monetize against local advertisers Add Comment	dave 01/16/2008		43% 14 votes 6 57% 8
The management team is relatively inexperienced Add Comment	dave 01/10/2008		38% 13 votes 5 62% 8