Jeremy Stoppelman
14 statements across 3 episodes · 5 bullish · 2 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Jun 24, 2019 by Jeremy Stoppelman · said 8 times in 5 episodes since 2019 · across every show →
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2022 6 mentions in 3 episodes 2 per episode
2021 1 mention in 1 episode
2019 1 mention in 1 episode
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Jun 24, 2019 positive
Jun 24, 2019
VCs in 2004 demanded Yelp replace its young founders with seasoned executives
“So in our case, we're young, we're technical, and so we look kind of like what happened in the late nineties, and so everyone still had PTSD from the dot-com bust, And so one of the common refrains to me was, you know, and this is straight to my face, was like…”
Jun 24, 2019
Jun 24, 2019 neutral
Only top executives were obvious future stars at early PayPal
“I don't think you could have really predicted it. Obviously, Max was already pretty far along for a 24 year old, so it was obvious, you know, he was gonna be someone interesting in the industry, you know, Peter Thiel, same thing. So, you know, I'd say the top …”
Jun 24, 2019
Yelp's early adopters were urban culture seekers, not techies
“I assumed that the first users of Yelp would be tech early adopters. You know, in my mind, we're a technology site. But I would actually say the early users of Yelp were urban early adopters. Like, they're looking for what's new and cool and interesting in the…”
Jun 24, 2019 neutral
Steve Jobs called Stoppelman urging Yelp not to sell to Google
“You know, he said, don't sell to Google. We think you're a great company. We think what you're doing is really interesting. He didn't say, oh, well, Apple, you know, is interested in you, but he did say, is this about money? Because Apple has a lot of money, a…”
Jun 24, 2019 negative
Google licensing clash led directly to Yelp acquisition talks
“We started by licensing our content to them in a way that we thought was reasonable, and then over time, it became clear that they really wanted to compete with us directly and collect information. Reviews themselves. And so then they said to us, well, we're g…”
Jun 24, 2019 positive
Stoppelman: Writing online reviews functions as self-expression like blogging
“The idea shifted from, hey, the only way that we're going to get reviews is if you're asked a question, to, hey, maybe reviews are a form of self-expression. You know, just like someone writes a blog for fun to talk about what's going on in their life, or what…”
Jun 24, 2019 neutral
Jun 24, 2019 positive
Stoppelman would have joined SpaceX if Elon Musk replied sooner
“And it's kind of a funny question of what would have happened if Elon had responded faster. I probably would have gone to SpaceX just because, I don't know, hedge fund versus rocket ship company. I might be tempted by the rocket ship company for the summer.”
Oct 1, 2020
Yelp executives considered a skeleton-staff contingency plan during early COVID-19 lockdowns
“You know, is there a freeze the company in Amber type strategy literally was something we were talking about, like where we just go down to the skeleton of staff. If it's a nuclear winter type of situation.”
Oct 1, 2020 positive
Yelp furloughed 1,000 employees during early COVID, later rehiring up to 80%
“And so it ended up being a thousand people. That we put on furlough. And we said at the outset, Hey, this, we think our best guess is, is we think this is four months. And fortunately that guess proved to be accurate. And at the end of the four months, we were…”
Oct 1, 2020 bearish