Yelp Walks Away from Google Deal

That's right, folks. According to TechCrunch, Yelp founder Jeremy Stoppelman walked away from the all-but-signed deal to sell the company to Google for a reported $550 million. Given that there is no other reported suitor, it would sound like Stoppelman is set on keeping Yelp independent, and is perhaps considering a strategic partnership with someone else instead. Dude's got some cojones, that's all we gotta say. He and Dave Chappelle are pretty much the only people we know who'd walk away from that kind of cash.