As a kid, I harbored this fantasy of starting a company. I looked at the entrepreneur column in Forbes. I looked at it every month and thought, 'I want to be that guy.' Jeremy Stoppelman columncompanyentrepreneur Change image and share on social
I think my dad did legal work for someone who had a Packard Bell 8088, and they couldn't pay him, so they gave him a computer. I was initially not allowed to touch it, but that didn't last long. I started tinkering with it, and there were many times I screwed up the computer. Jeremy Stoppelman allowbellcomputer share on social
There's simply anger over the accountability that Yelp brings and also this feeling of powerlessness because so much power is now being put in the hands of the consumer. But the important thing that gets lost with some of these business owners who are very upset with us is it's the whole picture that counts. Jeremy Stoppelman accountabilityangerbring share on social
Yelp is in a very nice spot: local data, and especially review data, is one of the killer apps on mobile phones. Jeremy Stoppelman appdatumkiller Change image and share on social
In the very beginning, Yelp started as a service where we really didn't think people would write reviews for fun. The whole concept of user-generated content was pretty nascent in 2004. Jeremy Stoppelman beginconceptcontent Change image and share on social
Starting a company, your success is going to be very dependent on how you adapt. You're going to make decisions, you're going to make bets; most of them are going to turn out to be wrong. Jeremy Stoppelman adaptbetcompany Change image and share on social
There is this cat and mouse game that plays out over time where our team comes up with new and interesting ideas to identify content that we shouldn't recommend, and over time people are constantly probing that, trying to figure out how can they get around that and get a better reputation on Yelp. Jeremy Stoppelman catconstantlycontent share on social
Choose something you are passionate about - or a pain point that has affected you and that you feel really needs to be changed. Jeremy Stoppelman affectchangechoose Change image and share on social
Maintaining the trust of the consumer is critical to our business. We live and breathe only one thing, which is wanting to connect consumers with great local businesses, and I don't feel we can do that if we don't have effective ways to prevent gaming of the system. Jeremy Stoppelman breathebusinessconnect share on social